What an Ohio Veto Reveals About Republican Efforts to Ban Gender-Affirming Care
House Republicans in Ohio voted to override a veto from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine that blocked the state's gender-affirming care ban.
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Group of Grandparents Mobilizing to Push Back Against Moms for Liberty
Grandparents for Truth, a project of progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, is working to fight book bans, right-wing school boards and...
Advocacy for a Time of Crisis in Tennessee
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Around the country, we are seeing bills limiting gender-affirming care for trans and nonbinary adults. Just recently a bill dropped in Florida that will...
Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging Murfreesboro Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance and Efforts to Prevent BoroPride
The lawsuit was filed after the Murfreesboro mayor Shane McFarland and city manager Craig Tindall engaged in a yearlong, concerted anti-LGBTQ+ campaign to chill...
The Supreme Court’s Decision in the LGBTQ+ 303 Creative Case Explained
“It would potentially carve out a new and really dangerous loophole in civil rights protections, not just for LGBTQ people, but it could potentially...
They Were the First Nonbinary Sorority Member at Their University. Why Did Chi Omega Void Their Membership?
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"To receive that call and hear them say, ‘You’re a part of us and you’re able to join’ was one of the happiest days...
Slate of Hate 2023: Legislative Update
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The “Slate of Hate” is a listing of bills deemed to target or potentially target the LGBTQ+ community compiled and monitored by the Tennessee...
Slaying Hate: Tennesseans Fighting Back
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Hundreds turned out to show their support for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans and to stand up against the hate being pushed by conservative Republican members of...
At the February 3 meeting, the Mayor and Council members incorrectly fixated on Boro Pride as the source of our grievance and ignored our...
Virulence in the Volunteer State
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LGBTQ+ individuals living in Tennessee have, unfortunately, come to see the constant barrage of attacks on our constitutional rights as just something we must...