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March 3, 2025

How The TN GOP’s ‘Slate of Hate’ Could Impact Nashville

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How The TN GOP’s ‘Slate of Hate’ Could Impact Nashville

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Every year, the Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly propose a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills that advocates call the “Slate of Hate.” Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with Chaplain Dahron Annaliese Johnson, Tennessee Equality Project’s Davidson County co-chair, to learn what’s on the table this year and how the impact of these bills could stretch beyond our marginalized communities to impact everyone.

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