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News (USA)
Critics say Tennessee lawmaker’s latest target is gay-straight alliances
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.
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News (USA)
Tennessee state Senate approves amended version of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
The Tennessee state Senate on Friday approved a controversial aimed at prohibiting teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms.
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News (USA)
George Takei has a solution to Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill (Video)
In this new video, openly gay actor George Takei takes on the Tennessee state legislature and its “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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News (USA)
More Tennessee hate: Senate OK’s bill to repeal Nashville gay protections law
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.
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News (USA)
Students protest Tennessee ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, while Senate delays vote — again
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.
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News (USA)
FCKH8.com takes aim at Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ at school law
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.
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News (USA)
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill will wait a year in Tennessee House; Senate vote this week
Tennessee State Rep. Bill Dunn said it’s too late in the year for the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill to be approved in the state House, and that he will not pursue passage this year
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News (USA)
Tennessee lawmaker: Homosexuality is a ‘learned behavior’
Tennessee lawmaker Sen. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville), sponsor of the “don’t say gay” bill that would prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms, said Thursday that homosexuality is a learned behavior.
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News (USA)
Tennessee House approves bill that would void Nashville non-discrimination policy
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.
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Commentary
Brutal beating of a trans woman, DOMA defense, Chick-Fil-A and ‘Don’t Say Gay’
This week on “Same Sex Sunday,” the panel discusses the brutal beating of a transgender woman at a Baltimore McDonald’s, the price of defending DOMA, Chick-Fil-A’s anti-gay attitudes, and the “Don’t Say Gay” in Tennessee schools bill.