Tennessee’s recently enacted HB600, which made it virtually impossible
for LGBT citizens to be protected from firing or eviction, will likely
face a judge or jury.
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Inspired by antigay animus, Tennessee has passed a bill that abolishes
antidiscrimination ordinances passed by cities and counties,
effectively leaving LGBT people susceptible to bias in everything from housing
to employment.
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In response to Tennessee’s recently passed “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the Tennessee Equality Project and the Knoxville chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) are sponsoring an “It’s OK to Say Gay” rally Sunday at a ch…
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The Tennessee House has voted overwhelmingly to bar local jurisdictions from enacting stricter anti-discrimination laws than those at the state level, an effort that would void a recently-enacted Nashville ordinance requiring city contractors to pledge not to discriminate against LGBT workers.
Critics called the effort blatantly anti-gay. “There’s a lot that’s homophobic about this bill,” State Rep. [...]
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A Tennessee pastor and missionary worker charged last week
with aiding the international kidnapping of a young child in a
high-profile lesbian custody case appeared in federal court in Vermont
on Monday and was released on $25,000 bond.
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A memoir was pulled from the general circulation of a middle school
library in Tennessee because of the author’s accounts of promiscuity,
the AIDS-related death of his lover and his use of profane language.
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The Tennessee Equality Project requested Tuesday that Memphis city
councilwoman Janis Fullilove withdraw the Employment Non-Discrimination
Ordinance.
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The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is a laughing matter for some Republican congressional candidates in Tennessee.
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