State House debates
"Bathroom Bill"
Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 10:55 PM EDT
Jim Armstrong
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/063009_State_House_debates_Bathroom_BillWhat this Bill Does
This bill will add Massachusetts to 13 other states, Washington D.C., and 108 counties and cities, including Boston, Cambridge, Northampton, and Amherst, that protect transgender people. This bill will make the protection of transgender people explicit, uniform, and visible to the general public. It will include gender identity and expression in the state's non-discrimination statute and will amend existing hate crime laws to explicitly protect people targeted for violence and harassment.
