We were contacted by a reporter with Channel 3 (WREG-TV) who provided a copy of an affidavit of a shooting that occurred in South Memphis on Wednesday, May 27. The man arrested for the shooting, Terron Taylor, told police that he did it because the victim “misrepresented his gender.”
The victim, identified as Kelvin Denton, [...]
Yesterday was an incredible day for the LGBT community of Shelby County. For the first time, the Shelby County Commission debated a fully inclusive, non-discrimination ordinance on behalf of LGBT county employees. During the public hearing, 60 members of the community spoke, including me on behalf of Shelby County’s transgender population. [...]
On Wednesday, State Representative Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis) decided to roll HB0335 in the Tennessee House Judiciary Committee until January 2010. This bill would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s hate crimes sentencing enhancement statute. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition supports this decision. Opposition to the bill emerged claiming, falsely, that it [...]
