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 [...]
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 [...]
