Mass. Attorney General Coakley formally announces her candidacy for Kennedy's Senate seat
by Hannah Clay Wareham
Staff Reporter
Friday Sep 4, 2009
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=95981Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced September 3 that she will be running in the special election to be held later this year to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy's seat.
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Attorney General Coakley also supports House Bill 1722, which would provide protections based on gender identity and expression. Marc Solomon, formerly of MassEquality, applauded Coakley's tenacity. "When Martha Coakley stands up for something, she fights for it and we are so proud and gratified to have her fighting for equality for transgender people in Massachusetts," he told Bay Windows' Laura Kiritsy in March of 2008. "It's a sea change from where we've been in the past. It's so great to have the attorney general -- the lead civil rights spokesperson in Massachusetts -- fighting on behalf of our community."
