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As we celebrate the annual Holiday season, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition reminds all that the fight for equal rights for all LGBT people is an ongoing one. The recent passage of Federal Hate Crimes legislation is an important step forward, but we still have to pass a fully inclusive Hate Crimes bill at the state [...]
Today, communities all across this nation will honor those who have served their country. Among those who have worn this nation’s military uniforms in the past, or are serving today, are many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. These service members face the prospect of immediate discharge from every branch of the military if they [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on ENDA, sometime this month, reportedly before Thanksgiving. lease contact Tennessee’s two co-sponsors of ENDA, Representatives Stephen Cohen and Jim Cooper, to thank them for their support and to remind them to oppose any effort to strip “gender identity or expression” from the bill.
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Today, history was made when President Barack Obama signed the Defense Authorization, which includes theMatthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition was one of many groups working across the country on behalf of this legislation which is the first law ever enacted by the Federal government that provides [...]
