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TENNSEE ANTI-BULLYG LAW CHANGE COULD ALLOW STUNTS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAYS FOR RELIG REASONS: REPORT
Nashville, Tennsee – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights anizatn – nmns the Tennsee Senate for passg SB 1440, a bill that attempts to discrimate agast LGBTQ+ Tennseans by difyg “sex” as “a person’s immutable blogil sex as termed by anatomy and geics existg at the time of birth and evince of a person’s blogil sex” throughout state . The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. Ls than one month after a lol gay teen took his own life after allegedly beg tormented at his high school, a proposed change a Tennsee law uld protect stunts who engage anti-gay bullyg if they do so for relig reasons.
As lol news channel WSMV is reportg, the proposed law change by state lawmakers would allow stunts to speak out agast homosexualy whout punishment if that's what their relig beliefs ll for. The bill is reportedly a top prry for the nservative Fay Actn Council of Tennsee -- as the Chattanooga Tim Free Prs not, the group's December newsletter says hop "to make sure [the law] protects the relig liberty and ee speech rights of stunts who want to exprs their views on homosexualy.
" Still, many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny activists, as well as lol stunt groups, have ced the recent se of Jab Rogers, who took his own life December after iends say he was subjected to anti-gay remarks at his high school, arguments agast the law change. Take a look at some other recent anti-gay bullyg s and other events below: Before You GoLGBT Bullyg Reports & ViosPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, nonbary or otherwise genr non-nformg (LGBTQI+) youth and those perceived as LGBTQI+ are at an creased risk of beg bullied.