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Tennessee Equality Project

Tennessee to track transgender patients, put trans women in male prisons

By Marianna Bacallao

May 2, 2026

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved several bills legislating Tennessee’s LGBTQ community.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, anti-lgbt legislaton, Bill Lee, Dahron Anneliese Johnson, Emily Benedict, gender-affirming care, Jeremy Faison, lgbtq, Nashville Metro Council, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VUMC

Bill to track transgender Tennesseans passes the House

By Marianna Bacallao

March 26, 2026

The state House passed legislation Thursday that would compile data on trans Tennesseans.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, anti-lgbt legislaton, Dahron Anneliese Johnson, gender-affirming care, Jeremy Faison, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VUMC

Tennessee bill to delegitimize gay marriage passes the House

By Marianna Bacallao

February 19, 2026

Private banks, hospitals and insurance companies in Tennessee could soon refuse to recognize same-sex marriages.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, Chris Sanders, drag, gay marriage, Gino Bulso, lgbt, lgbtq, Monty Fritz, Pride, same-sex marriage, SCOTUS, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Supreme Court

Tennessee’s newest anti-LGBTQ bills go against U.S. Supreme Court rulings

By Marianna Bacallao

February 11, 2026

Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a host of anti-LGBTQ bills that would run counter to U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Gino Bulso, Gloria Johnson, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol

The Roundabout: government shutdown, a special election, BNA traffic

By Mary Mancini

October 2, 2025

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The Roundabout is your news of the week, analyzed by our panelists from points of view that span left, right and center. Joining us today are Mark Rogers, Republican Party advisor; Dahron Johnson, chaplain and co-chair of the Nashville committee of Tennessee Equality Project; And Meribah Knight, reporter and producer of special projects for WPLN. […]

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Dahron Anneliese Johnson, Herbert Mark Rogers, Meribah Knight, Tennessee Equality Project

Tennessee joins multi-state effort to deny medical treatment based on religious beliefs

By Marianna Bacallao

April 8, 2025

The measure would allow doctors, nurses and insurance companies to refuse procedures that go against their moral or religious beliefs.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Bryan Terry, G.A. Hardaway, HIV, lgbtq, memphis, shelby county, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol

A bill that would ban Pride flags in schools hits a major roadblock in Tennessee’s senate

By Blaise Gainey

February 29, 2024

flags Whitsitt Elementary

Legislation known as the Flag Bill has passed the House and has made it to the last stop in the Senate, but it may never get a vote. The bill would list out when and which flags a school or its employees may display on campus. But Senate Speaker Randy McNally has concerns.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, anti-lgbt legislaton, lgbtq, public schools, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol

Nashville LGBTQ actors say they weren’t told they’d signed onto a Daily Wire film ridiculing transgender athletes

By Marianna Bacallao

June 27, 2023

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The movie, “Coach Miracle,” is described as a “misfit-team inspired basketball comedy” on casting websites. But this week, background actors in the film discovered that it starred cisgender men pretending to be trans women to win an Olympic basketball game.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, Daily Wire, lgbt, lgbtq, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Equality Project, transgender, transgender athletes

Tennessee Senate Leaders Offer Lukewarm Response To Limiting Transgender Athletes

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

February 11, 2021

GOP leaders in the the Tennessee Senate say they want to be cautious when considering an anti-transgender bill making its way through the state’s general assembly. Senate Speaker Randy McNally told reporters Thursday he wants to hear the discussion of HB 3/SB 228 to see if it’s actually necessary.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton, Chris Sanders, Ken Yager, lgbtq, Randy McNally, Tennessee Equality Project

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