As we move into the new year, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is already planning for the future. Please make plans to join us at our semi-annual Statewide Membership Meeting in Nashville on Friday, January 30, at 7 pm, as we elect officers, and plan strategy, for 2009. There also will be a special election [...]
On Christmas Eve, a Memphis television station reported the shooting of Leeneshia Edwards in Memphis. She becomes the third transgender woman shot in Memphis in just six months. At last report, Leeneshia is in critical condition. We extend our hopes and prayers to Leenashia for a speedy recovery. We also ask for anyone with any information about this latest [...]
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 efforts over both Hate Crimes and the Employment Non Discrimination Act at the national level illustrate just how much we have to do to ensure [...]
The President of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, Dr. Marisa Richmond, will appear this month on Out and About Today. This weekend, Dr. Richmond will be part of a roundtable discussion hosted by Pam Wheeler, with Alex Beard of Vanderbilt University Human Rights Campaign, and George Oeser of Impact Equality, to discuss the recent election results [...]
As we move into the annual Thanksgiving Weekend, we want to wish all of you the best. Many of you will be spending this holiday weekend with your families who may be supportive of you. Unfortunately, many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people do not have supportive families. That is why the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is [...]
