Thursday, February 14, 2013

Renewing his License to Bully, Rep. John Ragan picks up House companion to Don't Say Gay bill

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Rep. John Ragan of Anderson County filed the House companion bill ( HB1332 )  to Sen. Stacey Campfield's Don't Say Gay bill today.  ...
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Friday, February 1, 2013

TEP Supports Dignity for All Students Act

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All students deserve to be treated with dignity in Tennessee. On Jan 31, Senator Jim Kyle of Shelby County filed a bill that would stre...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Sen. Campfield refiles Don't Say Gay bill. Is it any better?

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Sen. Stacey Campfield has refiled the infamous Don't Say Gay bill.  He calls SB23 4 the "Classroom Protection Act," although o...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Germantown Athletic Club opens membership to LGBT families and couples

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Tennessee Equality Project applauds a recent decision by the Germantown Athletic Club to open its membership to LGBT couples and families...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Advocacy Academy Coordinator Position Available

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Tennessee Equality Project is consulting with Friends for Life in Memphis on HIV/AIDS advocacy initiatives.  The position described below ...
Monday, January 21, 2013

TEP statement on Rocketown termination of Wes Breedwell for support of marriage equality

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Earlier today (January 21), the Tennessee Equality Project released the following statement on the termination of Wes Breedwell, who was emp...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Fighting for our lives, our jobs, and safe schools: 2012 in review

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2012 was a year without rest for Tennessee's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.  The fight was nonstop. TEP celebrat...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

What happens when we discover the cause of sexual orientation?

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The recent UT study which used mathematical modeling to show links between epi-markers on genes and sexual orientation led me to raise quest...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Rallies for Equality: Roundup of the Coverage

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Sarah Smith of Vanderbilt Lambda addresses the Nashville rally Although we're still waiting for the Washington Blade piece, here...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Observations from the University of Memphis Faculty Senate Meeting

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Yesterday, the University of Memphis Faculty Senate voted on two motions.   The first was to request that the Tennessee Board of Regents i...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Memphis, Cookeville, Nashville Rally for Equality/federal contractor executive order Dec 9

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The Tennessee Equality Project has organized rallies for equality in Memphis, Cookeville, and Nashville to take place on December 9 to cal...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Key step in ending job discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people

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Word has it over the last week that the national organizations that serve the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community are going to...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Is secession an equality issue?

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Secession petitions have filled the White House petition website, including one from Tennessee that reached the required number to receive ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Memphis remembers transgender brothers and sisters while seeking to educate

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Tennesee Equality Project's Shelby County Steering Committee, in partnership with Perpetual Transition, is pleased to invite you to a ...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

LGBT community focuses on feeding neighbors while churches waste money on hateful ads

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Memphis, TN, November 1, 2012 — In the last week, an anonymous organization claiming the name "Memphis churches of Ch...
Monday, October 29, 2012

How Chik-fil-A Day helped Tennessee Equality Project win LGBT-inclusive workplace protections in Memphis

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Quite a headline, right? Leaves you scratching your head and reading further to see how contributions to Tennessee Equality Project make ...