Tennessee- TTPC: The Year in Review

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TTPC: The Year in Review


by Jessica Gibson | Jun 1, 2012


http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/5434#.T8s1QVLjTs1





NASHVILLE - When asked to sum up the past year concerning the legislative actions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, Marisa Richmond has a one-word response: "Crazy."

As the president of Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, her job is to lobby for and against bills that affect transgender citizens in Tennessee and the past year was a busy one for TTPC.

From fighting the ever present "Don't Say Gay/Don't Say Trans" bill to advocating for changes in the birth certificate and hate crime laws, TTPC had to pull out all the stops both to keep the advances that the GLBT community has gained in hard fought battles, as well as prevent draconian bills targeted specifically against transgender and gay citizens from becoming law.