Tennessee Non-Discrimination Law
Gender identity protected? No
Tennessee's non-discrimination law does not explicitly address sexual gender identity. Sex and disability
Tennessee School Laws
Protects transgender students? Not Explicitly
No provision of Tennessee state law explicitly addresses gender identity-based violence or other
Tennessee Sodomy Law
Texas’ sodomy law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2003, as a result of the Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas, No. 02-102
Tennessee Surrogacy Law
Summary: Tennessee law appears to give surrogacy agreements legal consequence, but the law claims neither to approve nor forbid these agreements.
Texas Adoption Law
Permits single LGBT individuals to petition to adopt? Yes.
Texas law permits an adult to petition to adopt. (TX FAMILY CODE ANN. § 162.001)
Texas Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues
Texas permits a post-operative transsexual to amend his or her birth records after obtaining a court order indicating that his or her sex has been
Texas Custody and Visitation Law
Custody and Visitation for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Parents
Texas courts have used a parent’s sexual orientation to deny, restrict or modify
Texas Donor Insemination Law
Texas law includes donor insemination under the definition of “assisted reproduction,” which makes no reference to marital status. Under the law, a
Texas Hate Crimes Law
Gender identity protected? No
No provision of Texas law explicitly addresses information based on gender identity; however, disability and gender
Texas Healthcare Laws
Texas law does not permit a partner to make a medical decision on behalf of an incapacitated same-sex partner in the absence of an advance
Texas Marriage/Relationship Recognition Law
Licenses marriages for same-sex couples? No.
Texas law states: “A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex.”
Honors
Texas Non-Discrimination Law
Gender identity protected? No
Texas' non-discrimination law does not explicitly address gender identity discrimination. Sex and disability
Texas Non-Discrimination Law
Gender identity protected? No
Texas' non-discrimination law does not explicitly address gender identity discrimination. Sex and disability
Texas School Laws
Protects transgender students? Not Explicitly
No provision of Texas state law explicitly addresses gender identity-based violence or other similar
Texas Surrogacy Law
Summary: Texas law explicitly allows gestational surrogacy (in which the surrogate mother is not the biological contributor of the egg) agreements,
