NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 14 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Lambda Legal are promising the transgender youth of Tennessee they will bring immediate legal action against proposed restrictions on their health care currently being  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 (TNStalk) -- The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2023, by President and CEO Andy Brantley: * * * "Yet another senseless act of gun violence in our country, this time (again) on a college campus, ended the all-too-short lives of three students and critically injured five others. Arielle Diamond Anderson, Brian Fraser, Alexandria Verner -- not nameless and faceless victims -- were childre  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- condemned the Tennessee Senate for passing Senate Bill 1, an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that would ban age appropriate, medically necessary care to transgender youth under the age of 18. Gender-affirming care is age-appropriate care that is me  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), local drag artists, along with other LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, hosted a press conference bringing attention to Tennessee lawmakers' discriminatory attempts to restrict drag-related performances. These latest moves out of Nashville are part of greater efforts to ban LGBTQ+ events, spaces, and culture, with the goal of pushing LGB  more

MONONA, Wisconsin, Feb. 16 (TNSgov) -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: Jennifer Dorow's extremism in opposing access to abortion and equal rights for LGBTQ couples is opposed by large majorities of Wisconsinites, but right-wing political donors are buying it. According to her recently filed campaign finance report, extremist Tennessee based attorney Adam Mortara has ponied up with a large donation to  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (TNSgov) -- Lambda Legal issued the following news release: Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Tennessee are promising the transgender youth of Tennessee they will bring immediate legal action against proposed restrictions on their health care currently being considered by the state legislature. SB1 and HB1 would ban the only evidence-based care for gender dysphoria for transgender people under 18. State Senate committees have thus far ignored   more