{"id":52861,"date":"2017-05-05T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/by-signing-hb-1111-governor-haslam-opened-the-floodgates-for-discrimination-against-lgbtq-tennesseans\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:01:30","slug":"by-signing-hb-1111-governor-haslam-opened-the-floodgates-for-discrimination-against-lgbtq-tennesseans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/by-signing-hb-1111-governor-haslam-opened-the-floodgates-for-discrimination-against-lgbtq-tennesseans\/","title":{"rendered":"By signing HB 1111, Governor Haslam opened the floodgates for discrimination against LGBTQ Tennesseans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By signing HB 1111, Governor Haslam opened the floodgates for discrimination against LGBTQ Tennesseans<\/b><\/p>\n

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NASHVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 Zeke Stokes, Vice President of Programs for GLAAD, released the following statement after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed HB 1111\/SB 1085, a law that will now require all words in the Tennessee state code to be defined as their so-called \u201cnatural meaning\u201d \u2013 ushering in an era that could delegitimize LGBTQ couples<\/a> and trans<\/a> people in the state of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the stroke of a pen, Governor Haslam has now placed the future of the state\u2019s economy and the well-being of the LGBTQ community in jeopardy. HB 1111 has the potential to undermine marriages between LGBTQ couples<\/a>, nullify a transgender person\u2019s true identity under law, and put LGBTQ families at risk. This sets a dangerous precedent for how the LGBTQ community is treated in Tennessee moving forward.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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