Posted by Carla on October 29th, 2009 | Categorized as News | Tagged as Beverly Marrero, hate crimes, hb0335, jeanne richardson, matthew shepard act, sb0253
Today, history was made when President Barack Obama signed the Defense Authorization, which includes theMatthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition was one of many groups working across the country on behalf of this legislation which is the first law ever enacted by the Federal government that [...]
Posted by Carla on October 23rd, 2009 | Categorized as News, Reports | Tagged as bob corker, hate crimes, hud, lamar alexander, matthew shepard act
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition commends the members of the United States Senate who voted to support a motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Committee report on the Defense Authorization bill, which includes language making hate crimes based on sexual orienation or gender identity a federal crime. There is still a final vote on [...]
