Please join the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) in Nashville this Saturday, July 23, at 6pm, for TTPC’sStatewide Summer Meeting. We will discuss many issues such as the status of state legislation affecting transgender people, including TTPC’s birth certificate and hate crimes bills, the new Voter ID law which TTPC opposed, and the new ban on local non discrimination ordinances, [...]
April to June 2011 The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition lobbied members of the Tennessee General Assembly during the current session. Worked to pass legislation to add “gender identity or expression” to the Sentencing Enhancement statute, and to permit gender changes on Tennessee Birth Certificates, and against legislation that would discriminate against LGBT persons, including legislation that would [...]
This week, two events have reminded us of the dichotomy of the lives of transgender Americans. On Wednesday, I had the honor and privilege of being one of several hundred who attended the LGBT Pride Reception at the White House. Just prior to the public remarks made by the President of the United States, I [...]
