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 provides [...]
Posted by Carla on October 23rd, 2009 | Categorized as Reports | Tagged as fundraising, jeanne richardson, ttpc
We wish to thank all who came out and supported TTPC at our recent annual fundraising dinner in Nashville. We especially wish to acknowledge our Keynote Speaker, State Representative Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis).
Her colleague, State Representative Mike Stewart (D-Nashville), also attended the event to show his commitment to the transgender community of Tennessee. We [...]
