Sen. Madaleno's Continued Silence To His Constituents On Maryland's Gender Ident

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Sen. Madaleno's Continued Silence To His Constituents On Maryland's Gender Identity Bill
Pam's House Blend
by: Autumn Sandeen
Tue Mar 01, 2011 at 03:01:00 AM EST


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18758/sen-madalenos-continued-silence-to-his-constituents-on-marylands-gender-identity-bill


As of February 28, 2011, Sen. Madaleno hasn't sponsored HB 235 in the Senate. And, HB 235 Is a weaker bill from the one he previously sponsored -- HB 235 doesn't include public accommodation protections, and the gender identity civil rights bill he sponsored previously did include those protections.

HB 235 should have written to align with Maryland state precedence -- all civil rights bills previously for other minority groups included language to ban employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination. However, HB 235 ban of discrimination on the basis of one's gender identity only is for just for employment and housing -- not public accommodation.

And it appears that Sen. Madaleno has been publicly silent about public accommodation being stripped from HB 235 when it occurred, even though he sponsored a bill in a previous year that included those public accommodation protections.