Dennis Shepard Testifies Against TN’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
January 27, 2012 by HRC staff
Dennis Shepard - father of Matthew Shepard - is taking a stand against the recent slew of anti-LGBT legislation passing through the Tennessee legislature, including the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Continue Reading ►Tennessee’s Transphobic Bathroom Bill Loses Senate Support
January 13, 2012 by Dan Rafter
Key State Senator withdraws bill following legislator’s hateful remarks.
Continue Reading ►HRC and Tennessee Equality Project Continue Push for Healthcare Equality
December 22, 2011 by Paul Guequierre
HRC and the Tennessee Equality Project continue to call on all hospitals across the country to review their policies and practices related to hospital visitation and participate in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), after a Tennessee hospital denied multiple requests for visitation by the same-sex partner of a patient. After Tennessee’s Out and About Newspaper reported staff members excluded her from the room because she was not a legal spouse or family member, in violation of federal hospital visitation regulations, HRC and TEP sprang to action. The Hospital immediately set up a meeting to apologize to the couple and assured us it won’t happen again.
Click here to read the article about the incident in The Tennessean. And read an op-ed penned by TEP’s Chris Sanders and HRC President Joe Solmonese.
Continue Reading ►Tennessee Equality Project Joins HRC in Calling on All Hospitals to Participate in HEI
December 20, 2011 by Paul Guequierre
HRC and our friends at the Tennessee Equality Project are together calling on all hospitals across the country to review their policies and practices related to hospital visitation and participate in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), after a Tennessee hospital denied multiple requests for visitation by the same-sex partner of a patient. Tennessee’s Out and About Newspaper reports staff members excluded her from the room because she was not a legal spouse or family member, in violation of federal hospital visitation regulations.
Continue Reading ►Act Now: Tell TN Tea Party Homophobia is Never Acceptable
November 30, 2011 by Dan Rafter
Tell the Tennessee Tea Party their hateful rhetoric is unacceptable – regardless of one’s political beliefs.
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