Would you like a real Valentine card hand delivered to your state legislator (or any state legislator) by a member of TTPC? Now is your chance to send a brief message to your representative to let them know that you care about trans people and they should too. If you don’t know the name of [...]
Lat week, transgender people, and anyone who is gender variant or a gender non conformist, found themselves on the receiving end of one the worst pieces of legislation introduced in Tennessee in recent memory, the Bathroom Harassment Act (SB 2282/HB 2279). The Bathroom Harassment Act restricts access to public restrooms and public dressing rooms designated by sex to members of [...]
The Second Session of the 107th Tennessee General Assembly convened on Tuesday, and it did not take long for the members to set the bar lower than ever before in introducing bad legislation. Just a little over 48 hours ago, the Bathroom Harassment Act (SB 2282/HB 2279) was filed by two Hamilton County Republicans, Senator Bo Watson of Hixson and Representative [...]
This weekend, TTPC President, Dr. Marisa Richmond, will appear on Out & About Today TV show this weekend and the 3rd weekend of January. Interviewed by host Brent Meredith, Dr. Richmond will discuss the upcoming year, including the new session of the Tennessee General Assembly, and various bills and laws of importance to Tennessee’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition wishes you a Happy New Year for 2012. The past year was a trying one as we fought against efforts to ban local non discrimination ordinances, to ban teachers from discussing diversity, and to suppress voting by requiring new IDs that would effectively disfranchise many people, especially transgender voters. Right before Christmas, [...]
As we celebrate the annual Holiday season, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition reminds all that the fight for equal rights for all LGBT people is an ongoing one. Transgender people have made significant strides in 2011, especially in Nashville, with the adoption of a non discimination law covering local government contractors, but discrimination still pervades our [...]
As we move into the annual Thanksgiving Weekend, we want to wish all of you the best. Many of you will be spending this holiday weekend with your families who may be supportive of you. Unfortunately, many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people do not have supportive families. That is why the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is [...]
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) urges all Tennesseans to contact our Senior United States Senator, Lamar Alexander, immediately. Senator Alexander is a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) which is taking up the issue of Education Reform this week. Ironically, tomorrow is the Annual Spirit Day in which people are asked to wear purple to [...]
Please come out and join members of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (TTPC) at two Pride Festivals in Tennessee this Weekend. On Saturday, October 15, TTPC will be at Mid-South Pride in Memphis. This year’s Mid South Pride will take place for the first time in Downtown Memphis in Robert Church Park on Historic Beale Street. The festival will take place [...]
July to September 2011 Continued lobbying Members of Congress and educating the public as part of the United ENDA campaign in support of the Employment Non Discrimination Act and opposing attempts to remove gender identity or expression from employment protections, as well as lobbying in favor of equal rights for all LGBT persons. Signed on as a [...]
