Today, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) joined several other co-plaintiffs in filing suit against the State of Tennessee over the recent passage of HB600, which repeals the recently adopted Non Discrimination Ordinance in Metro Nashville, and prevents other local governments from passing similar legislation. At today’s Press Conference in front of the Courthouse of the Metropolitan [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is standing against SB632/HB600 because the bill is blatantly discriminatory. It is an attempt to deny basic rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Tennesseans To that end, TTPC is joined by the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund in opposing this bad bill. We have sent a joint letter to Senator [...]
Today is the annual Day of Silence, a project organized at this time each year by the Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network(GLSEN), on which students in high schools and colleges across the nation go silent to draw attention to every-day harassment, bullying, and discrimination endured by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth because of their sexual [...]
Tuesday evening, April 12, Dr. Marisa Richmond, President of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) will appear onOpenline, a live call-in talk show on NewsChannel 5+ in Nashville. Dr. Richmond and other panelists will appear with host Scott Arnold to discuss the Contract Accountability Non Discrimination Ordinance, that was adopted by Metro Nashville and Davidson County, along [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) is thrilled with the adoption Tuesday night of the Contract Accountability Non Discrimination Ordinance (CANDO), BILL NO. BL2011-838, which would ban discrimination against all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees of contractors in Metro Nashville and Davidson County. It means that Nashville will now only spend taxpayer money with contractors who [...]
It finally comes down to this. On Tuesday, April 5, the Council of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County will vote on the Contract Accountability Non Discrimination Ordinance (CANDO), BILL NO. BL2011-838, which would ban discrimination against all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees of contractors in Metro Nashville and Davidson County. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition has worked with our sponsor to schedule a hearing on the Birth Certificate bill this Tuesday. HB 0187 by Jeanne Richardson, which would provide for amendment of birth certificate to reflect a change in gender, will be heard before the House Health and Human Resources Subcommittee on Tuesday, March 29, at 10:30 am [...]
We have worked with our sponsor to schedule a hearing on the Birth Certificate bill this month. HB 0187 by Jeanne Richardson, which would provide for amendment of birth certificate to reflect a change in gender, will be heard before the House Health and Human Resources Subcommittee on Tuesday, March 29, at 10:30 am CDT. The members [...]
The House State and Local Government Subcommittee rolled all Voter ID bills until Wednesday, March 23. We remained opposed to any new Voting ID which could effectively disfranchise transgender voters. TTPC, along with several civil liberties and voting rights groups, are opposing these bills. These include HB0007 by Debra Maggart (R-Hendersonville), and HB0324 by Curry Todd (R-Collierville). [...]
This Wednesday, March 23, the House Commerce Subcommittee will, once again, take up HB0598 by Glen Casada (R-College Grove), after it was rolled another week. This is the bill that would ban local governments from passing their own non discrimination acts. We encourage you to contact members of the House Commerce Subcommittee and ask them to [...]
