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Tennessee Senate committee advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ education bill
A Tennessee Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms.
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Nashville council approves LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policy
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.
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Tennessee GOP lawmakers: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ in elementary school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in the Tennessee state legislature that would prohibit use of the words “gay” and “homosexual” in elementary schools, and ban discussion of all LGBT topics whatsoever.
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Lesbian couple suing next-door neighbor for alleged arson
VONORE, Tenn. — A lesbian couple in Tennessee who home was burned to the ground last September, has filed a lawsuit against the woman they believe set the fire — their next-door neighbor.
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Lesbian couple victims of arson, gay slurs in suspected hate crime
A lesbian couple in Tennessee are afraid to return to their charred remains of their home after it was burned to the ground and the word “Queers” was spray painted on their garage in what is being investigated as a potential hate crime.
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Memphis church bans gay softballers, says it won’t condone their ‘deviant’ lifestyle
A softball coach in Memphis says she has been banned from a local church softball league because she is gay. Jana Jacobson said officials from Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, TN, disqualified her team from competing in their adult women’s softball league because it would send a message to their congregation that they condone her […]
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FedEx to expand health coverage to include same-sex partners
Shipping giant FedEx announced Tuesday it will begin offering health insurance to same-sex domestic partners. The benefit won’t become available until January 1, 2012, and while the company has yet to finalize many of the details, it has announced the expansion of its benefits program nonetheless. The Memphis-based shipper had been coming under pressure from […]
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill revived in Tennessee state legislature
Despite having been stalled in subcommittee before, a Tennessee lawmaker is is once again making a push to advance the so called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The House bill as written, along with a companion piece in the state Senate, would ban the teaching or furnishing materials on human sexuality other than heterosexuality in public […]
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Memphis gay newspaper latest to cease publication
The Memphis Triangle Journal and its sister publication Triangle Quarterly have announced they will cease print publications. The Triangle Journal has been produced monthly since 1990 by an all-volunteer staff through the Memphis Gay & Lesbian Community Center (MGLCC). In a posting on the publication’s website, Len Piechowski, president of the MGLCC writes: “Due to […]
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2nd suspect charged in vandalism at Memphis gay center
Memphis Police have arrested the second suspect accused of vandalizing the Gay & Lesbian Community Center and assaulting an officer. Wesley Huggins, 22, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with vandalism, setting fire to personal property or land, and assault. Huggins and 23-year old Ross Burton were seen by officers attempting to set fire […]