Equality Styles on Tuesday, with more salons

We've got an easy way for you to support equality this month. If you're thinking about getting a trim or even a new look before Thanksgiving, we hope you'll mark Tuesday, November 25 on your calendar and participate in Equality Styles, a benefit for TEP supported by these stylists:

In Middle Tennessee:
Robert Christopher's Salon
2806 Bransford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 383-0311
Stylists: Chris Espander and Bunny Martin

Suite One Salon
2907 12th Avenue S Nashville, TN 37204 (615) 385-5500 Michael Higgins, Proprietor

Studio Gaven
1601 Westgate Circle
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 503-9788
Fax (615) 503-9780
Mention the TEP promotion & schedule appt on 11/25.

In the Tri-Cities:
Saratoga Studio of Dezines
8 Four Winds Drive
Bristol, VA 24202
(276) 466-5873
Stylist: Joshua Helms, Creative Director

A portion of the proceeds from the day will go to TEP. We are grateful to these salons and stylists for their support.

If you own or work at a salon and would like to be included, we would be glad to add your salon. To participate, contact Chris Nelson at cnelson@tnequalityproject.com or H.G. Stovall at hg@tnequalityproject.com

Equality Styles: Cutting away at discrimination

Equality Styles benefits the Tennessee Equality Project. If you need a quick trim or a new look before Thanksgiving, head to one of these salons on Tuesday, November 25. A portion of the day's sales helps TEP.

In Middle Tennessee:
Robert Christopher’s Salon
2806 Bransford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 383-0311
Stylists: Chris Espander and Bunny Martin

In the Tri-Cities:
Saratoga Studio of Dezines
8 Four Winds Drive
Bristol, VA 24202
(276) 466-5873
Stylist: Joshua Helms, Creative Director

If you own or work at a salon and would like to be included, we would be glad to add your salon in next week’s email update. We would love to have participating salons in every part of the State. To participate, contact Chris Nelson at cnelson@tnequalityproject.com or H.G. Stovall at hg@tnequalityproject.com.

Join TEP's AIDS Walk team

Dear Friend,

The annual Nashville CARES AIDS Walk is Saturday, October 4 at Bicentennial State Park in Nashville. We would love to have you as part of TEP’s walk team.

To sign up:

1. Click here to go to www.nashvilleaidswalk.com.
2. Click on Register Here (at the top of the page).
3. Read the Waiver/Agreement, then click on I agree.
4. Select Join a Team. When the dropdown list of teams is displayed underneath "Join an Existing Team," select "TEP".

After you register, begin asking your friends and family members to sponsor you. 100 percent of the money you raise will go to Nashville CARES.

The day of the event, meet at TEP's table just before the walk. More details will follow.

If you have questions, please, contact me at lisa@tnequalityproject.com. I hope you can join us for a day of fun that provides critical resources to a great cause.

Yours,

Lisa Beavers
TEP Secretary and AIDS Walk Coordinator

Victory Fund to hold fundraising event in Nashville

Out & About Newspaper reports that the Victory Fund, a national organization that supports openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender candidates for local, state, and federal office, is holding a fundraiser in Nashville on September 12.

All money raised during the event will directly aid the following "out" candidates: Jim Roth, who is running for corporate commissioner in Oklahoma; Mark LaFontaine, who is running for state representative, District 92, in Florida; and Lupe Valdez, who is running for sheriff of Dallas County, Texas. "We would love to raise money for a candidate from Tennessee but there isn't one running during this cycle," Taylor said. "Until we can support candidates from Tennessee, we're going to support other southern, national candidates." Kathy Webb, the first openly gay official elected to Arkansas state legislature, and Keith Durbin, Tennessee's first openly gay official elected to state [sic] office, will be at the event.

*Note: Durbin's office is actually local.

Hopefully this event will inspire other members of the GLBT community to explore running for office.

Pelosi and Cohen in town

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was in Nashville this afternoon to host a fund raising event for Congressman Steve Cohen. The brunch at Tin Angel welcomed around 30 supporters. Later in the afternoon, Cohen stopped at Red Restaurant for another event with Nashville's GLBT community where he was warmly welcomed for his support of the Matthew Shepard Act and other legislation.

Bordering state adoption ban update

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/03/032408arad.htm . A group trying to pass a constitutional ban on adoptions by unmarried, cohabiting couples in Arkansas is begging for cash. A bill attempting to do the same thing by statute recently died in the Mississippi Legislature. A similar bill is still alive in the Tennessee General Assembly.

Lawmaker can raise money during session (for his local race)

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance says that Rep. Vince Dean (R-East Ridge) can raise money for his campaign for sheriff even though legislators are normally prevented from fundrasing during the legislative session. Andy Sherr has the goods: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/mar/24/council-members-raise-church-state-questions-durin/