Please take action!
It can be hard to stay on top of helpful and harmful legislation in Tennessee. House members can submit up to 15 bills per session, and Senators can submit an unlimited number of bills. Legislators have told us even they have a hard time keeping up with the hundreds of bills proposed each session. However, RISE can help! RISE shares information about bills related to sexual and reproductive health, sex ed, and civil rights as they relate to these and sex and gender on Instagram (@risehfl) and Facebook (@Rise.HealthyforLife).
It also can be disheartening to contact legislators and have harmful bills pass or helpful bills fail. Please don’t be discouraged, though. No matter how our legislators vote, it is important that they hear diverse perspectives.
Things are happening fast now—please visit these pages often and contact your legislators to let them know what is important to you!
Here are some highlights:
If you think trans kids deserve to be safe and respected, please call Governor Lee immediately at 615-741-2001 to demand he veto this bill.
If you support balanced access to information, and protecting access to diverse ideas, now is the time to email or call your legislators and urge them to support Tennessee’s Freedom to Read Act!
If you believe it is important to ensure our community is a place where everyone feels welcome, safe, and free to express themselves, now is the time to email or call your legislators!
If you believe conversations about how a person can succeed in life should happen within families as guardians share their family's values with their kids, please contact your legislators and urge them to vote NO.
If you believe this law puts transgender people — especially youth — at greater risk of violence and discrimination, now is the time to email or call your legislators! If you believe trans folx deserve safety and dignity, now is the time to email or call your legislators!
Marriage already exists in Tennessee, and if one man and one woman want to make a lifetime commitment to each other and to God, they already can. If you believe that consenting adults can make their own decisions regarding their union, please email or call your state legislators to demand they oppose HB0315/SB0737.