Maryland- Transgender Protections? Several Counties Consider Making Discriminati

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Transgender Protections? Several Counties Consider Making Discrimination Illegal

Advocates for such laws have said transgendered individuals are the remaining group still without discrimination protection.

    By Lisa Rossi | February 21, 2012

http://reisterstown.patch.com/articles/transgender-protections-several-counties-consider-making-discrimination-illegal-e685c5bf

A debate that has been sweeping across some counties in Maryland is whether transgendered people should receive protections against discrimination.

Howard County passed a law in December that makes it illegal to discriminate against transgendered people in regard to housing, employment and accommodations. Montgomery County adopted a similar measure. Baltimore County became the latest, passing such a measure Tuesday night in a split vote.