At the Statehouse: Bills we’re watching this month (March)
SB2118 / HB2498
A bill banning TennCare from covering gender affirming care for adults.
SB2031 / HB1872
A bill making it easier for health care providers to be sued who may have provided gender-affirming care to minors before it was banned in the state.
HB315 & HB1473
Two bills from representative Gino Bulso attacking marriage rights — the Banning Bostock Act, which has already passed in the House and not yet on schedule for the senate, and a secondary bill that was rewritten last week restricting marriage licenses to “one man and one woman.”
See more at TN Equality Project’s Campaigns Week of March 9.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) — OutMemphis is expanding to meet growing demand, consolidating services and building a permanent regional headquarters for LGBTQ+ people across the Mid-South.
OUTMemphis, the longest-running LGBTQ+ organization in Tennessee, is building a new regional headquarters in Midtown as part of a $12 million expansion to meet the growing demand for its services.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — OUTMemphis, the longest-running LGBTQ+ organization in Tennessee, announced today a transformative expansion of its regional infrastructure.
Following three years of unprecedented growth, the organization is launching a bold new chapter that consolidates its footprint, scales its lifesaving services, and secures its position as a leading voice for the LGBTQ+ South.
MEMPHIS — OUTMemphis CEO Molly Quinn released the following statement on HB 1473, which declares that Tennessee citizens and organizations aren't bound to recognize same-sex marriages under the 14th Amendment