By now, you have received the forms for the 24th Dicennial Census. Unfortunately, it will not count transgender Americans and residents. There are only two boxes for sex on the form, and if you check both boxes, or neither box, a computer will assign you a gender at random. Therefore, it is recommended that you [...]
Teaching Sexual Diversity Bill Rolled On Wednesday, the Tennessee House K-12 Subcommittee rolled two bills by Representative Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville), HB0821 which would ban teaching sexual diversity, and HB0812, which would require parents to sign written permission slips for students to take Family Life Courses, until the committee’s Last Calendar, which is expected to be on March 31. The Tennessee [...]
Recently, three members of the Metro Council, Megan Barry, Erik Cole, and Ronnie Steine, sent a letter to the Metro Human Relations Commission asking them to begin looking at discrimination in private employment and housing based on gender identity. This effort, with which the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition has been involved and strongly supports, will broaden [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition wishes to thank all of you who came to Nashville on Monday and Tuesday to meet with legislators as part of TEP’s 6th Annual Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. Dozens of LGBT Tennesseans and supporters discussed various issues including SB0253 by Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-Memphis)/HB0335 by Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis), which would add [...]
