Nashville TN

A private, non-denominational Christian-based school in Nashville has turned away prospective students because their parents, one of whom is a local pastor, are gay.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Bill Haslam over a state law that nullified Nashville’s nondiscrimination ordinance in 2011, saying the plaintiffs weren’t injured by the law.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville mayor Karl Dean has joined the national group “Mayors for the Freedom to Marry,” becoming the first mayor from Tennessee to publicly support marriage equality. Dean signed on to the coalition of nearly 500 mayors from around the U.S. advocating for full marriage equality nationwide.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Metropolitan Council on Tuesday voted to offer health insurance and pension benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of city/county “Metro” workers. The policy change applies to workers employed by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, a city-county consolidated government.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Same-sex couples in at least three Tennessee counties applied for marriage licenses on Wednesday in a project coordinated by the Tennessee Equality Project.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two Boy Scouts councils in Tennessee said Tuesday they will not support a proposal to partially lift the group’s long-standing exclusion of gays.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After a two year battle, Out & About Newspaper in Nashville has identified the person who has allegedly been taking hundreds of copies of the monthly LGBT newspaper and disposing of them.

Tennessee has been getting a bad rap lately. From the passage of anti-gay legislation in the last session of the state legislature, to the current issue regarding Gay-Straight alliances in East Tennessee schools, or anti-gay assault in West Tennessee, national (and international) communities have lambasted the state as a haven for bigots and religious extremists.

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has agreed to return to Nashville next week to apologize for his anti-gay tirade during a recent stand-up comedy show, CNN reported.

A group of individuals that includes three Nashville elected officials and two LGBT advocacy groups, on Monday filed a suit against the state of Tennessee challenging a new law that prohibits local governments from enacting anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.

A Nashville attorney said she is planning a lawsuit that challenging a new Tennessee law that prohibits local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday signed into law a bill that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.

The Tennessee state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.

The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would nullify Nashville’s new ordinance banning discrimination by city contractors against gay, lesbian and transgendered people.

The Nashville Metro Council on Tuesday approved new rules for city contractors that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people. Councilman Jamie Hollin called the vote “a milestone moment” for the city.