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Interview: Lambda Legal attorney on federal lawsuit against Tennessee transgender youth care ban

WUOT | By Melanie Faizer,
Jacqui Sieber
Published April 28, 2023 at 3:19 PM EDT
Lambda Legal
Sruthi Swaminathan: Staff Attorney for Youth



On March 2, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a bill banning some gender-affirming care for minors. Lambda Legal, together with the Tennessee ACLU, are representing some families affected by the law, which is being challenged by the Department of Justice. Lambda staff attorney Sruti Swaminathan talked with WUOT’s Riley Thompson about how the law is already affecting some families.
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Melanie Faizer
Melanie is WUOT’s interim news director and Professor of Practice in journalism at the University of Tennessee, where she has taught reporting, editing and media entrepreneurship since 2012. Before teaching, Melanie worked for Bloomberg News for 11 years in a variety of cities and roles, from managing the multimedia desk to producing television. In between her journalism jobs, Melanie worked as director of information services at Opera America, putting her M.A. in musicology, from Montreal’s McGill University, to good use.
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Jacqui Sieber
Jacqui graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2021 with a bachelor’s in communications. She joined WUOT's news team in June 2022. Since then, she has delivered local, state and regional news to listeners on All Things Considered every weekday afternoon.
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