The People's Petition Against the Slate of Hate

The people of Tennessee are speaking out against bills that result in discrimination against LGBTQ people in our state.  Here is our statement with a summary of the bills.

"As residents of Tennessee, we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state.  We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness."

The bills are:

SB848/HB1152 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Ragan and SB1304/HB836 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Rudd.   These bills promote state-sanctioned discrimination by private adoption agencies against prospective parents on the basis of religious and moral objection.

SB364/HB563 by Sen. Gardenhire and Rep. Zachary.  The Business License to Discriminate bill.  The bill casts businesses rather than the LGBTQ community as possible victims of discrimination and opens the door to taxpayer funded discrimination.

SB1297/HB1151 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Ragan.  While the bill seems to be about indecent exposure, its original text is a devious attempt to criminalize transgender and gender nonconforming people in restrooms and locker rooms.  The bill has been amended in a House subcommittee to remove the portions targeting the transgender community.  We want to make sure the amendment remains on the bill.

SB1499/HB1274 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Holt. This bill requires the Attorney General to defend school districts that engage in anti-transgender bathroom discrimination.  

SB1282/HB1369 by Sen. Pody and Rep. J. Sexton.  The Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act is an attack on marriage equality.

Who's signing

2,017 SIGNATURES
1,000 signatures

Will you sign?

  • Raeleigh Jones
    signed 2023-02-28 17:40:24 -0600
  • brock mcdougall
    signed 2023-02-28 17:40:02 -0600
  • Glitch Wall
    signed 2023-02-28 17:37:05 -0600
    HELL NAH I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS i myself am a transgender male and i refuse to put up with this bullshit
  • Leo L
    signed 2023-02-28 17:36:19 -0600
  • Daria Burke
    signed 2023-02-28 17:36:19 -0600
  • Celia O'Donnell
    signed 2023-02-28 17:35:46 -0600
  • Frida Vargas
    signed 2023-02-28 17:35:19 -0600
  • Kat DeLuca
    signed 2023-02-28 17:33:14 -0600
  • Hazel Ellis
    signed 2023-02-28 17:32:00 -0600
  • Kurtis Sakmann
    signed 2023-02-28 17:29:01 -0600
  • Diana Delfin
    signed 2023-02-28 17:28:58 -0600
  • Najaat Ouedraogo
    signed 2023-02-28 17:28:43 -0600
  • Ashley Schoeff
    signed 2023-02-28 17:27:54 -0600
  • Noah Wholaver
    signed 2023-02-28 17:27:02 -0600
  • Emma Lewanski
    signed 2023-02-28 17:26:23 -0600
  • Name Name
    signed 2023-02-28 17:23:16 -0600
  • Ava Sellers
    signed 2023-02-28 17:23:07 -0600
    TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Finn Zadow
    signed 2023-02-28 17:21:53 -0600
    TRANS HEALTHCARE NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED!!
  • ailynn r
    signed 2023-02-28 17:21:40 -0600
  • Savannah Hamstra
    signed 2023-02-28 17:21:04 -0600
  • Sydney Bridgeland
    signed 2023-02-28 17:19:03 -0600
    TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Irineu Vocenaosabe nemeu
    signed 2023-02-28 17:14:24 -0600
  • Lucy R
    signed 2023-02-28 17:14:16 -0600
  • Jordyn Vara
    signed 2023-02-28 17:14:12 -0600
  • Tilly Schuld
    signed 2023-02-28 17:13:57 -0600
  • Bella Meisel
    signed 2023-02-28 17:13:48 -0600
  • Betty Otterstrom
    signed 2023-02-28 17:13:30 -0600
  • Ace Thormodsgaard
    signed 2023-02-28 17:13:02 -0600
  • Devyn Williams
    signed 2023-02-28 17:12:26 -0600
  • Cameron Smith
    signed 2023-02-28 17:09:19 -0600

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