MassEquality adds support for trans bill to endorsement criteria

[Natasha]

MassEquality adds support for trans bill to endorsement criteria

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=83693
Ethan Jacobs
11/22/2008

With the marriage battle in Massachusetts behind it, MassEquality is raising the bar for lawmakers and political candidates seeking its endorsement.

Since the organization began electoral work in 2004 the only criteria for MassEquality's endorsement has been opposition to a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. But Beginning in 2009, the organization's endorsement criteria will expand to reflect MassEquality's broader mission, which includes safeguarding LGBT rights beyond marriage equality.

[Kaweah]

Gunner Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), praised MassEquality for making the trans rights bill its top priority in its endorsement process. He noted it joins a growing chorus of other organizations that have made support for the bill part of their endorsement criteria, including Bay State Stonewall Democrats, the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, and Mass Alliance. MTPC is the lead organization in the coalition to pass the trans rights bill.

Hey, this is really great news!  I wasn't aware that so many Mass. organizations were getting behind the transgender rights bill.