This week, members of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition will participate in the Southern Comfort Conference (SCC) in Atlanta, the largest annual gathering of transgender people in the country. Southern Comfort begins today, Tuesday, September 22, and runs through Saturday, September 26. Several members of TTPC also have official roles during SCC:
Dr. [...]
Action is about to begin on the fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), H.R.3017, which would protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination. The bill, which enjoys bi-partisan support in Congress, would add sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to existing federal employment non-discrimination laws.
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 23, the Committee on Education and [...]
Last night, the Council of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County adopted a fully inclusive Non-Discrimination Ordinance, which bans discrimination against Metro employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The vote was 24 to 15. In the process, Nashville joins a growing list of communities all across the country to provide an explicit [...]
The Lambda Association at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro will hold a Rally to support adding gender identity and expression to the campus-wide non-discrimination policy. This would allow MTSU to match the Tennessee Board of Regents Non Discrimination Policy adopted on February 13, 2008.
The Rally will take place at the Keathley University [...]
Keynote Speaker: Jeanne Richardson
State Representative, District 89
House Sponsor of Hate Crimes (HB335) and Birth Certificate (HB334) Bills
Saturday, October 17, 2008, 7 pm
Holy Trinity Community Church
6723 Charlotte Pike
Nashville, TN 37209
$20 per person
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Last night, members of the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County passed ORDINANCE NO. BL2009-502, which would ban discrimination in the Metro Government based on sexual orientation or gender identity, by a vote of 24 to 9.
Here is how Councilmembers voted last night:
In favor (24): Buddy Baker, Megan Barry, Erik Cole, Sam Coleman, [...]
Late last night, the United States Senate passed a cloture vote on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 63 to 28. This action clears the way for final adoption of Hate Crimes legislation, as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, later this afternoon. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) applauds [...]
