TTPC Joins Call for Congress to Pass ENDA Now
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition has joined 235 other local, state, and national organizations calling on Members of Congress to begin action on the Employment Non Discrimination Act (S.1584; H.R.3017). To read the full statement and see the full list of signatories, click here.
Currently two members of the Tennessee delegation are co-sponsors of ENDA. Please contact Jim Cooper (202-225-4311) and Stephen Cohen (202-225-3265), and thank them for their support, but also urge them to oppose any effort to strip or weaken transgender protections in the bill.
The rest of the Tennessee delegation consists of Senators:
- Lamar Alexander, 202-224-4944, Member of the Senate HELP Committee
- Bob Corker, 202-224-3344
and Representatives:
- Phil Roe, M.D., 202-225-6356, Member of the House Education and Labor Committee
- John Duncan, Jr., 202-225-5435
- Zach Wamp, 202-225-3271, candidate for Governor of Tennessee
- Lincoln Davis, 202-225-6831
- Bart Gordon, 202-225-4231
- Marsha Blackburn, 202-225-2811
- John Tanner, 202-225-4714
Use this message:
My name is _____ and I am a proud resident of (your city, county). I am calling in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (S.1584; H.R. 3017), to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from job discrimination. Please take action to pass ENDA now. I can be reached at _______ (give your phone number). Thank you.
It only takes a moment. Your action can help shape the future.
Currently, 12 states and more than 100 localities have LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections, covering nearly 40 percent of Americans. The State of Tennessee is not one of those states, but the Tennessee Board of Regents, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and in 2009, both Shelby County and Metro Nashville, have all adopted such policies for their employees. Additionally, more than 150 Fortune 500 companies, including most recently, Federal Express, have enacted nondiscrimination policies protecting LGBT workers. Other agencies and private employers based in Tennessee do have such policies in place, but many remain unprotected.
And, according to numerous surveys, large majorities of likely voters in the U.S. support federal employment non-discrimination laws to protect LGBT people. Polling data from 2006 shows that voters are more likely to support a candidate who votes for LGBT discrimination laws than they are to vote against.
