Don’t Say Gay Bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A measure that would have forced schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has failed this session. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn -- Another new version of Tennessee's Classroom Protection Act, more commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, would require teachers to send gay students to see a psychiatrist. [ Read more → ]

A Tennessee lawmaker on Tuesday resurrected the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill which would prohibit teachers from discussing sexuality with their students, but with a new provision that would require school officials to "out" LGBT students to their parents. [ Read more → ]

JEFFRSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican state lawmaker, Zachary Wyatt on Wednesday publicly came out to his colleagues during a press conference asking for the withdrawal of Missouri's “Don’t Say Gay Bill.” [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, will not be put to a final vote needed for passage in the Tennessee state House, according to the bill's sponsor. [ Read more → ]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Anti-gay legislation made its comeback in the Missouri legislature on Thursday as House Bill 2051, sponsored by Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Dist. 153), was referred to the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee. [ Read more → ]

The Tennessee state House Education Committee on Tuesday approved the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill by a vote of 8-7. The measure had initially failed on a voice vote, but passed in a roll call vote requested by its sponsor. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill -- a measure that would limit all sexually related instruction to “natural human reproduction science” in kindergarten through eighth grade -- was again delayed on Tuesday by its sponsor. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill, scheduled to be heard by the Tennessee state House Education Committee today, has been delayed for up to three weeks while the bill's sponsor works on its language. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A panel in the Tennessee state House on Wednesday voted to advance the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill, a measure that would prohibit Tennessee public schools from teaching LGBTQ-related issues. [ Read more → ]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield -- the Knoxville lawmaker who is behind the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill making its way in the Tennessee state legislature -- was ejected from Knoxville bistro on Sunday because of his anti-gay views. [ Read more → ]

A Tennessee state lawmaker on Thursday claimed that HIV originated in the gay community by an airline pilot who had sex with monkey, and that it was "virtually impossible" to contract the disease through heterosexual sex. [ Read more → ]

According to Tennessee lawmaker Joe Ragan, gay “feelings” can be controlled by “mentally healthy adult human beings,” and questioned, “Should society avoid disapproving of pedophilia, prostitution, murder, etc., because practitioners of those behaviors may commit suicide at higher rates?” [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A controversial piece of legislation dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill -- which would ban Tennessee public schools from teaching about LGBTQ issues -- was delayed from a vote Wednesday after its sponsor claimed two fellow Republicans on the committee "weren't very... [ Read more → ]

Tennessee State Representative Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) is defending his "Don't Say Gay" bill from recent criticism by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. [ Read more → ]

Tennessee lawmaker Stacey Campfield has spent the better part of the last seven years in the Tennessee legislature fighting for the "Don't Say Gay" bill, a law aimed at prohibiting teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. [ Read more → ]

The Tennessee state Senate on Friday approved a controversial aimed at prohibiting teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. [ Read more → ]

In this new video, openly gay actor George Takei takes on the Tennessee state legislature and its "Don't Say Gay" bill. [ Read more → ]

The Tennessee state Senate adjourned Wednesday without voting on the "Don't Say Gay" bill, and now the bill's author, Sen. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) has put off Thursday's planned vote and rescheduled it for next week. [ Read more → ]

In this new video campaign, FCKH8.com takes aim at the Tennessee legislature, which is considering a controversial bill -- dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill -- that would prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. [ Read more → ]