We hope you have a great Valentine's Day tomorrow.

If you're just sharing the NEWS of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Tennessee, you're missing an opportunity. You could also help people respond. Here are next week's action steps. www.tnep.org/legislative_... .

Join us. Learn more at the link: www.facebook.com/events/12357... .

@nashvillescene.com on anti-LGBTQ bills that advanced and one that stalled this week in TN. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

The Tennessean on this week's Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. www.tennessean.com/story/news/2...

Thanks to TEP Hamilton & Bradley Counties Chair Marcus Ellsworth for commenting in this piece. newschannel9.com/news/local/p... .

A bill giving special protections to anti-trans parents is up for a vote in a House subcommittee on Tuesday. Take action with the easy form at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

HB2498 prevents TennCare from covering gender-affirming care. But regulations already do this. Why are we going in the wrong direction and putting this into the law? Tell the TennCare Subcommittee your views with the easy campaign at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/42... .

The anti-Obergefell bill is on the House floor next Thursday. Use the easy form to contact your own member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

On Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee considers the Banning Bostock Act! An attack on employment non-discrimination! Take action with the easy form at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

2 bills up for votes in House State & Local next Wednesday. Banning government support of Pride emblems and celebrations and using honorifics to misgender trans people at school. Take action with one campaign at ujoin.co/campaigns/42... .

Rough day in TN House: HB1666 on honorifics & HB1474 on Pride flags/celebrations passed Public Service Subcom. HB1473 on Obergefell passed Judiciary Com. HB1665 on gender questions in health care passed Health Subcom. HB1472 on Bostock passed House Civil Justice Subcom.

@memphisflyer.com on today's press conference on anti-LGBTQ bills in Tennessee. www.memphisflyer.com/advocates-pu...

“A total assault on our rights.” 🏳️‍🌈 @tnequality.bsky.social director Chris Sanders speaks out against the latest Tennessee Republican slate of hate — as they yet again target the community with a series of ugly bills

NewsChannel5 on Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. www.newschannel5.com/news/lgbtq-a...

Today wasn’t all bad though. I had a lovely time advocating for the LGBTQ+ community with @tnequality.bsky.social. Met with several legislators, including @brotherjones.bsky.social, @aftynbehn.bsky.social & Sen Heidi Campbell. Didn’t get a pic with Rep Jones but did get an autographed TN Blue Book!

Good news for now. SB1424 (vague adult cabaret drag bill) has been put back into the Senate's General Subcommittee. Thanks for your advocacy. Thanks to the Tennessee Pride Chamber for their advocacy!

Join us tonight (Monday, Feb. 9). Learn more at the link: www.facebook.com/events/11912... .

At the link you will find our campaigns against anti-LGBTQ bills that are up for a vote in Tennessee next week. Take action! www.tnep.org/legislative_... .

A bill censoring health care providers on issues of gender and sexuality is up for a vote in the TN House Health Subcommittee on Wednesday. Tell the members to reject it with the easy form at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/36...

On Wednesday a House subcommittee will vote on a bill to take on the Bostock Supreme Court decision so important to LGBTQ workplace protections. Take action with the easy form at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/29... .

A bill banning government support for Pride flags/celebrations & a bill that says one need not use gender-appropriate honorifics for trans and non-binary people in school settings up for a vote in the House Public Service Subcomm. Take action with the quick form at the link. ujoin.co/campaigns/35...

2 weeks ago you sent hundreds of messages to Senate Judiciary on the adult cabaret/drag bill. The weather hit last week & then they deferred the bill this week. So we're asking you to send another message to key senators before Tuesday when they will vote on the bill. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

The anti-Obergefell bill is up for a vote in the TN House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11. It's easy to take action at the link. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

ABC News talks with former Justice Anthony Kennedy about some of his key rulings. abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...

03.Feb: Bills on Hills To Hull Quick update: —the anti-drag bill, SB1424/HB884, rolled 1 week in Senate; —the anti-Obergefell bill, SB1746/HB1473, *passed* in sub-committee & makes its way to full House Judiciary. Want to help stop it? Write. Call. Step out. SPEAK UP! @tnequality.bsky.social

TEP Rutherford County Chair Lindsay Schultz comments on a new bill that facilitates pulling books from public libraries in Tennessee. www.wkrn.com/news/local-n... .

Unfortunately HB1473, the Obergefell bill that supposedly just clarifies the law passed a House subcommittee today. The bill does NOT affect marriage licenses. Thanks to everyone who came out to oppose the bill and to Rep Harris for asking important questions about it.

SB1424, the vague adult cabaret bill, is deferred one week in Senate Judiciary Committee.

Filed this afternoon.

Happy Black History Month!

Tennessee legislative campaigns available for you at the link. We hope you'll take action. www.tnep.org/legislative_... .

Tennessee's anti-Obergefell bill is up for a vote in a House subcommittee on Tuesday. Email the members with the EASY form at the link: ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

WBIR on anti-LGBTQ bills in Tennessee. www.wbir.com/article/news...

I'm looking for witnesses/victims of ANY law enforcement retaliation against people recording officers in Tennessee, especially Memphis. Could be state/local or DHS/ICE/Broder Patrol. Asking for @freedom.press but victims do NOT need to be a journalist. Everyone has right to photograph or record.

Filed this afternoon.

Filed this afternoon.

Filed this morning.

Legislative/weather update. Because of the impending storm, the TN Senate & House are taking at least part of next week off. That would mean some bills would be deferred a week. So we will likely move all our events by a week. We will keep you updated. Thanks for your patience and your advocacy.

This bill is up in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Take action at the easy form BEFORE the snow and ice hit. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... . Thank you!

Just filed this afternoon in the Tennessee House.

HB1271, the "only 2 sexes" bill, was, indeed, taken off notice for now in the House Judiciary Committee just now.

HB1271, Tennessee's "Only 2 sexes" bill, will NOT be on notice today in the House Judiciary Committee. We expect it to return later in the session. So good news for now.

This bill is up in TN House Judiciary Committee tomorrow (Wed). There is still time to oppose the "only 2 sexes bill." Take action with the EASY campaign at the link to contact the committee. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... . Thank you!

Tennessean on PEN's report on censorship in higher education with a specific look at Tennessee. www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...

Today we honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Take action to build the beloved community he worked for.

Holly McCall in @tennesseelookout.com lambasts Rep. Bulso's anti-marriage equality bill. tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/16/e...

Legislative campaigns for the week of Jan 18. Please, share and defend Tennessee's LGBTQ+ community. www.tnep.org/legislative_...

NEW email campaign. Use the easy form at the link to contact the TN House Judiciary Committee and urge them not to adopt HB1271. Thank you. ujoin.co/campaigns/36... .

Thanks to East Nashtivists for inviting TEP Nashville Co-Chair Dahron Johnson to speak at their meeting this evening.