Nation's First Anti-Transgender Ballot Measure
http://www.pflag.org/blog/?p=317Right here in Washington, D.C.'s backyard, Montgomery County, Maryland, has been the focus of a nasty and divisive battle over transgender protections. PFLAG National welcomes our new Field and Policy Manager, Rhodes Perry - and here at his first week with us at the National office he offers up some thoughts about the sad actions of some extremists to get a ballot measure to remove trans people from legal protections. No one's civil rights should be put to the popular vote, yet we see this happening to GLBT people left and right. Read on, and if you live in Montgomery County, get active! See how you can below...
"Recently, Montgomery County, MD amended their non-discrimination law to include protections for gender identity, which effectively bans discrimination on the basis of gender identity in housing, employment, public accommodations, and taxi and cable services. The measure, passed unanimously by the Montgomery County Council late last year and was signed into law by County Executive Isaiah Legget.
