There are 4 article(s) tagged Tennessee Equality Project:

• April 2026

  • Transgender health care tracking bill passes Senate

    Sen. Brent Taylor advanced a bill that would track transgender health care and protect conversion therapy for those questioning their gender identity.

    By Noah McLane April 18, 2026

• November 2021

  • Tennessee Equality Project calls on council to take action against Ford

    The statewide group working for LGBTQ equality called a pair of tirades by council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s council session “bullying, trolling and abusive.”

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2021

• February 2020

  • Presidential politics ramps up as primaries near

    Several of the Democratic presidential campaigns started looking for Memphis votes on the first weekend of the early voting period with local politicos leading the charge to the March 3 election day.

    By Bill Dries February 17, 2020

• September 2019

  • Sawyer: ‘It’s not about getting the campaign back on track’

    Mayoral contender Tami Sawyer says her priority is healing the pain caused by old tweets. On Monday, two LGBTQ organizations issued statements that focused on a 2014 tweet by Sawyer about outing a gay teacher at St. Mary’s Episcopal School.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2019