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This Wednesday, March 11, the House K-12 Subcommittee will hear HB0821 by Rep. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville), which would prevent teachers from discussing any sexual diversity and would limit academic freedom and intellectual curiosity.  The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition opposed this bill in 2008 and remains opposed to this bill in 2009.

Please contact members of the K-12 Subcommittee to express your opposition to this legislation:

Les Winningham (D-Huntsville), Chair
Ron Lollar (R-Bartlett), Vice-Chair
Judy Barker (D-Union City)
Tommie Brown (D-Chattanooga)
Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville)
Beth Harwell (R-Nashville)
David Hawk (R-Greeneville)
Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald)
Ulysses Jones (D-Memphis)
Mark Maddox (D-Dresden)
Larry Turner (D-Memphis)
Terri Lynn Weaver (R-Lancaster)

The K-12 Subcommittee meets Wednesday, March 11, at 10:00 am, in Legislative Plaza, Room 16.

This past week, the Senate State and Local Government Committee passed SB0150 by Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro), which would establish new requirements for Voter ID’s in Tennessee.  The  Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition was one of several organizations which opposed this legislation because it could disfranchise thousands of Tennesseans.  Our concern was this could lead to new requirements for gender markers which would present new challenges to transgender people who transition, thus, leading to the disfranchisement of transgender voters in Tennessee.  The vote on SB0150 was along strict party lines with all 6 Republicans voting in favor, and all 3 Democrats voting against.  The bill now moves to the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee.  The remaining six Voter ID bills were all taken Off Notice due to redundancy.