Women, children’s groups decry opponents of transgender bill

[Shana A]

Women, children's groups decry opponents of transgender bill
By State House News Service
Monday, July 13, 2009

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20090713women_childrens_groups_decry_opponents_of_transgender_bill/

Advocates for women and children intend to argue Monday that opponents of a bill to include transgender people in the state's non-discrimination statute are spreading "dangerous myths about violence against women" by warning that the proposal would make bathrooms unsafe.

"Opposing this bill does nothing to protect people from sexual assault," said Toni Troop, spokeswoman for Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, in a statement.

The proposal (H 1728 / S 1687) would add "gender identity or expression" to the state's non-discrimination law.

[DarkLady]

Yes. Expanding employment discriminatrion protection for transgendered does nothing to do with male sexual predators. However to pass the law  would need bipartisan support that it has not.

[sd]

It's good to see others putting forth a voice of reason. Especially those people that were claimed would be most harmed by this.