{"id":51440,"date":"2017-03-22T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-applauds-tennessee-state-senate-for-stopping-destructive-anti-trans-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T20:00:28","slug":"glaad-applauds-tennessee-state-senate-for-stopping-destructive-anti-trans-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-applauds-tennessee-state-senate-for-stopping-destructive-anti-trans-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD applauds Tennessee State Senate for stopping destructive anti-trans bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLAAD applauds Tennessee State Senate for stopping destructive anti-trans<\/a> bill<\/b><\/p>\n

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Pro-LGBTQ Tennesseans must continue fighting #SlateOfHate currently in Tennessee Statehouse<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, released the following statement after the Tennessee Senate rejected the destructive, anti-trans<\/a> Senate Bill 771, the \u201cbathroom bill\u201d that would permit open discrimination against transgender Tennesseans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tennessee State Senate took an important step in stopping SB771, the \u2018bathroom bill\u2019 that would have caused public backlash, upended the state economy, and put the lives of transgender Tennesseans in jeopardy. But the state legislature still has a number of other bills – #SlateOfHate – that could permit open discrimination to the entire LGBTQ community. Tennesseans cannot let up until this entire #SlateofHate is wiped clean.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the second consecutive year that GLAAD has fought against anti-LGBTQ legislation in Tennessee. In 2016, GLAAD teamed up with the Tennessee Equality Project and other local partners to make a stand against a pair of bills what would have opened discrimination against LGBTQ Tennesseans. The cast of the television hit series Nashville<\/em>, as well as musicians from the industry joined the effort by urging Governor Bill Haslam to veto these discriminatory measures.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: TENNESSEE\u2019S REMAINING #SLATEOFHATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SB30\/HB33<\/a> \u2013 Requires words \u201cfather,\u201d \u201cmother,\u201d \u201chusband,\u201d and \u201cwife\u201d be \u201cbased on the biological distinctions between men<\/a> and women<\/a>,\u201d thereby targeting LGBTQ parents and couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n