Several discriminatory bills are up for a vote the week of February 21. Here are some ways to fight back.

February 21: Phone bank against discrimination. We provide the scripts and the phone numbers. You leave messages with legislators on key pieces of legislation. 6:30 p.m. Central Time on Zoom. Find the Facebook event with Zoom link here.

February 22:  Two bills are up for a vote in the House K-12 Subcommittee. One would allow school personnel to disregard a student's pronouns. The other directs the TN Education Commissioner to withhold funds from school districts that do not discriminate against transgender student athletes.

*Use this easy form to send an email to the members of the House K-12 Subcommittee.

*Make phone calls to members of the subcommittee using the office numbers and scripts at the link.

*Attend the subcommittee meeting at 4:30 p.m. Central Time in the Cordell Hull Building. Facebook event linked here.

February 23: 

1. The bill attacking gender-affirming care for transgender youth is up for a vote in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

*Use this easy form to send an email to the members of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

*Attend the committee meeting at 1:00 p.m. Central Time in the Cordell Hull Building. Facebook event linked here.

*Make phone calls to members of the committee using the office numbers and scripts at this link.

2. HB1944, a bill that attempts to label materials in school libraries obscene, is up for a vote in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.

*Use this campaign from the Tennessee Library Association to urge the subcommittee to oppose the bill.