The members of the House Health and Human Resources Subcommittee are:

• Matthew Hill (R-Jonesborough), Chair
• Joshua Evans (R-Greenbrier), Vice-Chair
• Joe Armstrong (D-Knoxville)
• Glen Casada (R-College Grove)
• Joanne Favors (D-Chattanooga)
• Curtis Halford (R-Dyer)
• Michael Harrison (R-Rogersville)
• Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald)
• Gary Odom (D-Nashville)
• Mary Pruitt (D-Nashville)
• Bob Ramsey (R-Maryville)
• David Shepard (D-Dickson)
• Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory)
• Mark White (R-Memphis)

Please contact your Representative if they are a member of the committee, and ask them to support HB0187.

Even if your Representative is not a member of the committee, ask your friends across the state who do live in these districts to ask their Representatives to support the bill.

If you do not know the name of your State Senator or Representative, you can Find Your Legislator by clicking here.

Then, please join us this Tuesday, March 29, at 10:30 am, CDT, to show support for the bill.

The members of the House Health and Human Resources Subcommittee are:

• Matthew Hill (R-Jonesborough), Chair
• Joshua Evans (R-Greenbrier), Vice-Chair
• Joe Armstrong (D-Knoxville)
• Glen Casada (R-College Grove)
• Joanne Favors (D-Chattanooga)
• Curtis Halford (R-Dyer)
• Michael Harrison (R-Rogersville)
• Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald)
• Gary Odom (D-Nashville)
• Mary Pruitt (D-Nashville)
• Bob Ramsey (R-Maryville)
• David Shepard (D-Dickson)
• Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory)
• Mark White (R-Memphis)

If you do not know the name of your State Senator or Representative, you can Find Your Legislator by clicking here.

TTPC will remain vigilant in supporting equality and fairness for all, and in identifying any bills we consider harmful towards LGBT people and will fight against any and all of them.

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 explicit coverage for transgender people, as well as for lesbian, gay, or bisexual people.

We applaud all who worked hard over the past several years tosecure adoption of this vital legislation which will now make it a federal crime to assault a person based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

This law will provide victims of hate crimes the opportunity to seek justice in federal courts.

We now challenge members of the Tennessee General Assembly to adopt HB0335, by Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis)/SB0253 by Beverly Marrero (D-Memphis) which would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s Hate Crimes statute. Currently, Tennessee is one of 38 states which does not provide protection for transgender residents. The rash of hate crimes against transgender persons, especially against African American transgender women in Memphis, make passage of this bill even more important here. Having an additional tool available to victims will make life safer for everyone and send a message that the lives of transgender people in Tennessee have value too.

Once again, the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition thanks all who worked on behalf of the new federal law, especially those who rejected the claims that adding transgender people would be a bad “strategy.”

Representative Jeanne Richardson delivering her Keynote Address during TTPC Dinner

Her colleague, State Representative Mike Stewart (D-Nashville), also attended the event to show his commitment to the transgender community of Tennessee. We greatly appreciate his support.

We would also like to thank Stirrup Nashville for being a sponsor of TTPC.

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