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?

  • Hazel Ramos
    signed 2023-02-28 06:34:48 -0600
  • Elizabeth Paul
    signed 2023-02-28 06:28:27 -0600
  • Michaela Dotson
    signed 2023-02-28 05:16:33 -0600
  • Dakari Reynolds
    signed 2023-02-27 23:59:17 -0600
  • Niko Smith
    signed 2023-02-27 23:12:07 -0600
  • Mariaelena Gallegos
    signed 2023-02-27 23:03:06 -0600
    This is terrible! Trans rights !
  • Ace Tafolla
    signed 2023-02-27 22:33:17 -0600
  • Charles-Olivier Duplessis
    signed 2023-02-27 22:12:38 -0600
    This is awful, we need to fix this! If the laws won’t change, us canadians will be happy to welcome y’all :)
  • Natalie Rose
    signed 2023-02-27 20:48:25 -0600
    This is bullshit, and we need to fix it.
  • Brianna Bartlett
    signed 2023-02-27 19:49:32 -0600
  • Emma Ackerman
    signed 2023-02-27 19:47:15 -0600
  • ava Jones
    signed 2023-02-27 19:42:55 -0600
  • cupid ceron
    signed 2023-02-27 19:40:47 -0600
  • Julian Hassi
    signed 2023-02-27 19:35:04 -0600
  • Bex Lahn
    signed 2023-02-27 19:32:40 -0600
  • Alexys Mejia
    signed 2023-02-27 19:23:15 -0600
  • deez nuts
    signed 2023-02-27 19:22:55 -0600
  • Hannah Dowlen
    signed 2023-02-27 19:12:29 -0600
  • lex Jimenez
    signed 2023-02-27 19:05:52 -0600
  • Frankie Behl
    signed 2023-02-27 19:03:50 -0600
  • n tt
    signed 2023-02-27 18:41:38 -0600
  • Milly Pepper
    signed 2023-02-27 18:26:01 -0600
  • Evie Cruxton
    signed 2023-02-27 18:24:10 -0600
  • Bug Rodriguez
    signed 2023-02-27 18:16:19 -0600
  • Sullivan Houser
    signed 2023-02-27 18:11:16 -0600
  • Serena Hernandez Garcia
    signed 2023-02-27 17:59:29 -0600
  • Dean Smith
    signed 2023-02-27 17:23:07 -0600
  • kaleigh dickey
    signed 2023-02-27 16:51:15 -0600
  • Sage Dolbec
    signed 2023-02-27 16:50:02 -0600
  • Sadie Miller
    signed 2023-02-27 16:32:51 -0600

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