Discovering, and protecting, their true selves Antibias law sought for transgend

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Discovering, and protecting, their true selves
Antibias law sought for transgender people
By Bella English
Globe Staff / July 14, 2009

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/14/antibias_law_sought_for_transgender_people/

In high school, music was Bill Zircher's thing, mostly drums. He studied electrical engineering in college. In 1994 he married a woman he met in a band. The couple had a daughter, and Zircher was thrilled to be a father.

Five years ago, Bill became Dana.

Dana Zircher still plays the drums, is still a self-described high-tech nerd, and still a parent. She still works as a software design engineer for Microsoft in Beverly, though she now uses the ladies' room instead of the men's.

As part of an aggressive grass-roots campaign, Zircher will testify today at a State House hearing in favor of civil rights legislation to protect transgender people.