Starting July 1, 2021, Tennessee will require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multi-person bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms associated with their gender identity. Governor Bill Lee signed the legislation into law this week. The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group, said the required signs are offensive and humiliating.

Governor Lee also signed a separate bill earlier this year that bars transgender athletes from playing girls public middle and high school sports.