The fight for trans rights takes Beacon Hill

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The fight for trans rights takes Beacon Hill
Bay Windows
by Aviva Gat
Contributing Writer
Friday Jan 22, 2010


http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101453


A year and a half ago Lorelei McLaughlin moved to Massachusetts to care for her sick grandmother. While applying for jobs, she was continually turned away, but not because of the rapidly declining economy. McLaughlin asserts that she was turned away because she is a transgender woman.
"I would walk into a place with a help sign in the window only to be told that, well, they weren't actually hiring right now but would be happy to put my application on file," said McLaughlin, who is about 6 ft tall with long blonde hair. "I couldn't even get anyone to look at my resume."