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Tennessee’s new anti-LGBTQ law just cost it over $5 million
The American Counseling Association will meet in the “inclusive and inviting city” of San Francisco instead of Nashville.
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GOP leader vows retribution for transgender ‘blackmail’
House Republican leader Gerald McCormick seeks revenge for companies that spoke out against Tennessee’s transgender bathroom bill.
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This bill would require all students to use the bathroom of their birth sex
The bill’s rapid advancement is a bitter disappointment to transgender students.
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Sponsor of anti-gay marriage bill is undaunted by $8.5B cost
The lawmaker whose bill would bar Tennessee from following the gay marriage ruling doesn’t care about the $8.5 billion loss.
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ACLU-TN lawsuit supports students’ right to free speech
A senior at Richland High in Nashville, Tennessee was censored for wearing a T-shirt that read “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It.”
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Tennessee school turns away prospective students because parents are gay
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.
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Court dismisses lawsuit over nullified Nashville non-discrimination law
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.
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Nashville mayor first in Tenn. to publicly support marriage equality
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.
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Nashville approves domestic partner benefits for city, county workers
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.
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Gay couples turned away at marriage license offices in three Tenn. counties
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.