It was a tough year in the Tennessee state legislature. 40 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were being watched that covered prison healthcare restrictions, school restrictions, restrictions...
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"This bill risks the lives of LGBTQ children and youth and it presents risks to our state's entire child welfare system."
Many queer people have looked to 2024 with dread, worrying that additional targeted bills will be passed this session to disenfranchise and harm them.
Advocates Win Settlement Ending Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Murfreesboro
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...
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...
During a time in Tennessee where the hate and discrimination being forced upon the LGBTQ+ community leaves many feeling like they can hardly keep...
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...
While this is a tremendous setback for what should be the simple right to live our lives, we know this isn’t over. This is...