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Advocate.com March 25, 2011
Gender Identity Bill Advances in Maryland House
By Julie Bolcer
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/25/Gender_Identity_Bill_Advances_in_Maryland_House/The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill passed a second reading in the Maryland house of delegates Friday afternoon with a third and final reading scheduled for Saturday.
Metro Weeklyreports that the bill, which would add gender identity protections to state antidiscrimination law on employment, housing and credit, passed a second reading and was ordered to be printed in anticipation of a final vote Saturday. Advocates are pushing for a vote in the house before the Monday deadline to move the bill to the senate. The legislature adjourns April 11.
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Md. House committee approves trans bill
Lou Chibbaro Jr. | Mar 25, 2011
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/03/25/md-house-committee-approves-trans-rights-bill/A bill that would ban employment and housing discrimination against transgender people in Maryland cleared a second crucial hurdle Friday when a committee of the state's House of Delegates approved the bill by a vote of 15-8.
The bill now goes to the full House of Delegates, where it must be approved by midnight on Monday to make it eligible to be sent to the State Senate for final approval.
