The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is one of many LGBT groups around the country that is standing in solidarity by opposing attempts to abolish teachers’ unions ability to negotiate terms and conditions of professional service with local boards of education. In 2008, the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association pushed to have sexual orientation and gender identity added to the [...]
As expected, the Council of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County voted to defer 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, until Tuesday, April 5. This action was taken since several members of [...]
Everyone in the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) would like to thank all of you who came to Nashville on Tuesday to be a part of Annual Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. The meetings you had with legislators helped raise awareness of the lives of Tennessee’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Special Access to [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated February 26, 2011 It is time once again for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Tennesseans and allies to meet in Nashville with our State Legislators. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) encourages all to be a part of the Tennessee Equality Project’s 7th Annual Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. In addition, [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated February 17, 2011 The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) was pleased with the 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. It passed Tuesday by a vote of [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated February 3, 2011 Unfortunately, there are also several bills on file this year that can do a lot of harm to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Tennesseans: *SB 0049 by *Campfield/HB 0229 by *Dunn is one such bill. Senator Campfield has been introducing this bill, which would ban the teaching of sexual [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated February 3, 2011 The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) is pleased to announce that both of our bills have been reintroduced in the 107th Tennessee General Assembly. This week, SB 0313 by *Marrero (*HB 0187 by *Richardson) was filed, which would provide for amendment of birth certificate to reflect a change in gender. Currently, Tennessee [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated January 27, 2011 Yesterday afternoon, the Administration at Belmont University announced an update to their non discrimination policy. While the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) applauds Belmont for adding sexual orientation to the policy, we are deeply disappointed that they chose not to include gender identity or expression in the policy. This means [...]
For Immediate Release: Dated January 18, 2011 The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) reminds you that tonight, the Metro Council will have the First Reading of BILL NO. BL2011-838 by Mike Jameson and Erica Gilmore, which would amend Chapter 4.28 of the Metropolitan Code to prohibit Metropolitan Government contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) once again joins with the Tennessee Equality Project in standing against discrimination in Metro Nashville. Councilmen Mike Jameson and Jamie Hollin have introduced a bill that would extend the Metro Non Discrimination Ordinance, adopted in September 2009, to all Metro contracts. It does not force private companies to stop discriminating [...]
