MARRIAGE PLUS PLEDGE

I pledge to continue to work for full

legal and lived equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender

people in Tennessee after we achieve marriage equality.  

I recognize that we have more work to do on job discrimination, public

accommodations discrimination, housing discrimination, safe

schools/anti-bullying, bisexual erasure and visibility, health disparities,

domestic violence, senior care, HIV/AIDS, hate crimes, documents for

transgender people, and other issues.

Working for the equality of LGBTQ people in Tennessee

How to support our work

TAKE ACTION ON DISCRIMINATORY BILLS MOVING THE WEEK OF APRIL 19

Other ways to be involved and stay in touch

CONTACT US:  For general questions, contact us at [email protected] or leave a voice mail or text us at (615) 212-3947. Unfortunately TEP does not have adequate time and resources to handle research requests.  Note:  We do not provide social services and cannot give you legal advice.  We may be able to make a referral in those cases.  During the legislative session, it is difficult to take on additional projects.  If you are conducting surveys, we will consider sharing those in May after the legislative session ends.

MEDIA CONTACT: (615) 390-5252 or [email protected] . Chris Sanders, our executive director, will speak with you.  N.B. This is a MEDIA contact.  All other non-emergency requests should be directed to [email protected] or (615)212-3947.  Prospective vendors who cold call the media number will be asked to send an email to set up a phone appointment if TEP has an interest in your product or service. 

New! You can now buy your Nashville Fire Department PRIDE shirt and other items online to support TEP.

What does TEP do?  The Tennessee Equality Project advocates for the equal rights of LGBTQ people in Tennessee.  We do this through legislative advocacy.  That means we lobby the Tennessee General Assembly and local governments around the state.  When there is an important federal issue, like anti-LGBTQ adoption issue language in legislation, we help you make your voice heard with your federal officials.

What does the TEP Foundation do? The TEP Foundation provides a variety of educational and organizing programming.  We have registered 364 voters online since October. 2017.  We provide workshops called Advocacy 101 across the state so that more people can engage their elected officials.  We monitor and analyze state legislation related to the LGBTQ community.  We gather stories about the impact of state preemption of local government and provide public education on the issue.  We hold Boro Pride in Murfreesboro annually.  Our Tennessee Open For Business program recognizes companies that do not discriminate against their employees or customers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

You can support the TEP Foundation when you shop at Amazon.  Simply go to our Amazon Smile link and make your purchases.  0.5% of your eligible purchase amount helps advance equality in Tennessee.

We are a member of the Equality Federation.