Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Defining Sex As Anatomy At Birth

This Could Cost The State $2 Billion In Federal Funds

Despite the possibility that it could cost the state $2 billion in federal funding, Tennessee Senate Republicans passed a bill Monday that would define sex in state code as a person’s anatomy at birth.

“I mean, if defining sex, as it has traditionally meant for years in the dictionary, costs us federal funds. There’s something wrong with Washington DC,” said bill sponsor Sen. Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield).

Roberts says his bill simply moves the definition of “sex” from a section of the Tennessee code relating to school facilities to apply to the rest of state law.