This coming week, Tennessee General Assembly committees will take up a bill that would interfere with gender-affirming care for trans youth and one that would erase LGBTQ people from school textbooks and instructional materials. Please contact committee members and urge them to oppose both bills. Information and contact info for both measures follow.
Stop politicians from interfering in medical care for trans youth
The House Criminal Justice Committee will take up this bill on Wednesday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m.
(Last updated March 23, 2021. Check current bill status here.)
SB 657/HB 578 is another discriminatory effort by the legislature to target and erase trans youth. This bill would ban medical therapy for prepubescent minors to support their transition. “Therapy” is defined broadly by the bill, suggesting doctors and parents could be criminalized for everything from surgery to consultation. Healthcare for trans kids is not child abuse, and legislators have no business inserting themselves into family medical care. Parents, patients and doctors — not politicians — should decide what medical care is in the best interest of any particular young person.
Please call or email House Criminal Justice Committee members and urge them to vote NO on SB 657/HB 578.
House Criminal Justice Committee members:
| Rep. Bill Beck | 615-741-3229 | rep.bill.beck@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Scotty Campbell | 615-741-2050 | rep.scotty.campbell@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Michael Curcio | 615-741-3513 | rep.michael.curcio@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Vincent Dixie | 615-741-1997 | rep.vincent.dixie@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Clay Doggett | 615-741-7476 | rep.clay.doggett@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Andrew Farmer | 615-741-4419 | rep.andrew.farmer@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Bruce Griffey | 615-741-6804 | rep.bruce.griffey@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. G.A. Hardaway | 615-741-5625 | rep.ga.hardaway@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. David Hawk | 615-741-7482 | rep.david.hawk@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Dan Howell | 615-741-7799 | rep.dan.howell@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Bud Hulsey | 615-741-2886 | rep.bud.hulsey@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. London Lamar | 615-741-3830 | rep.london.lamar@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. William Lamberth | 615-741-1980 | rep.william.lamberth@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Debra Moody | 615-741-3774 | rep.debra.moody@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Lowell Russell | 615-741-3736 | rep.lowell.russell@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Jerry Sexton | 615-741-2534 | rep.jerry.sexton@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Paul Sherrell | 615-741-1963 | rep.paul.sherrell@capitol.tn.gov |
Stop erasure of the LGBTQ community in Tennessee schools
The House Education Instruction Subcommittee will take up this bill on Tuesday, March 23 at 3 p.m.
(Last updated March 23, 2021. Check current bill status here.)
SB 1216/HB 800 is a straightforward effort to erase members of the LGBTQ community from our public schools by prohibiting any textbooks, instructional materials, or supplemental instructional materials that “promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender (LGBT) issues or lifestyles.” This bill seeks to erase the advancements of the LGBTQ community from our children’s education and sends a dangerous message to LGBTQ children in Tennessee that they do not belong.
Please call or email House Education Instruction Subcommittee members and urge them to vote NO on SB 1216/HB 800.
House Education Instruction Subcommittee members:
| Rep. Scott Cepicky | 615-741-3005 | rep.scott.cepicky@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Vincent Dixie | 615-741-1997 | rep.vincent.dixie@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Bruce Griffey | 615-741-6804 | rep.bruce.griffey@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Torrey Harris | 615-741-2239 | rep.torrey.harris@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Kirk Haston | 615-741-0750 | rep.kirk.haston@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Tim Hicks | 615-741-1717 | rep.tim.hicks@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Sam McKenzie | 615-741-0768 | rep.sam.mckenzie@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Debra Moody | 615-741-3774 | rep.debra.moody@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. John Ragan | 615-741-4400 | rep.john.ragan@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Todd Warner | 615-741-4170 | rep.todd.warner@capitol.tn.gov |
| Rep. Terri Weaver | 615-741-2192 | rep.terri.lynn.weaver@capitol.tn.gov |
