Tag: Tennessee
Only in America : Tennessee Senate Committee Advances Legislative Assault on Transgender Students
Similar to an extreme measure vetoed by South Dakota governor, the bill would force transgender students in public schools and universities to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity.
Tennessee ’s Legislative Assault on Trans Children To Advance Despite Veto of Similar Bill in SD
The outrageous legislation scheduled for a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday targets transgender students in public elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as public universities.
Washington: US Supreme Court examines marriage equality
The Supreme Court appears divided over whether the US Constitution guarantees marriage equality. Pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy seems to have inched cautiously toward legalizing gay nuptials nationwide.
TLDEF Remembers Transgender Families as Supreme Court Takes Up Historic Marriage Equality Cases Today
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) recognizes the transgender families we serve as the Supreme Court today hears challenges to restrictions on the freedom to marry in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. Today’s historic proceeding sets the stage for a ruling in June that could bring marriage equality to LGBT people throughout the country, including to the transgender families that have experienced tremendous hardship as a result of discriminatory restrictions on the freedom to marry.
Major corporations speak out against permitting discrimination against LGBT citizens
In an apparent attempt to score cheap political points, Tenn. Governor Bill Haslam has ignored the business community and signed into law a bill that wipes out county and city anti-discrimination laws, despite the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry reversing their earlier support and now opposing the bill.
HRC Joins Tennessee’s Business Community in Opposition to Anti-Gay SB 632/HB 600
The Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, and Tennessee’s major businesses are united in opposition to SB 632/HB 600, which prohibits cities and counties from banning discriminatory practices by any means and passed the state legislature earlier this week.