Students, authors and advocates join together to protect freedom of speech and the freedom to learn

Advocates have settled a lawsuit filed against the City of Murfreesboro over its anti-LGBTQ+ ordinance and local policy denying all special event permit requests from the Tennessee Equality Project.

Murfreesboro officials quietly amended the city’s anti-LGBTQ+ city ordinance, in response to a lawsuit we filed on Oct. 6. This is a small but necessary step towards bringing Murfreesboro’s harmful ordinance into compliance with the Constitutional guarantees of Free Speech and Equal Protection. 

A federal judge signed an order that blocks the city of Murfreesboro and officials from enforcing its anti-LGBTQ+ ordinance during the BoroPride festival weekend—protecting the free speech and expression of Murfreesboro residents and drag performers.

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing enforcement of the unconstitutional anti-drag law in Blount County.

Lawsuit Filed in Response to District Attorney’s Plan to Enforce Unconstitutional Anti-Drag Law

A Davidson County judge has ruled that signs are allowed in House galleries for the duration of our lawsuit.

A Davidson County judge has blocked enforcement of a Tennessee House of Representatives rule for the special session that bans signs in the galleries of the House.