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Advocate.com March 26, 2011
Gender Identity Bill Passes Md. House
By Julie Bolcer
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/26/Gender_Identity_Bill_Passes_Maryland_House/The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act passed the Maryland house of delegates Saturday afternoon in its third and final reading. The measure now moves to the senate, where advocates feel hopeful about passage.
The 86 to 52 vote represented the first time a transgender rights bill has won approval in the full Maryland house. The bill, H.B. 235, would add gender identity protections to state antidiscrimination law in the areas of employment, housing and credit.
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BREAKING: Md. House passes trans bill
Lou Chibbaro Jr. | Mar 26, 2011
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/03/26/breaking-md-house-passes-trans-bill/The Maryland House of Delegates voted 86-52 on Saturday to pass legislation that would ban discrimination against transgender Marylanders in the area of employment, housing and credit.
The vote came after a 50-minute debate in which delegates supporting the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act urged their colleagues to help end what they called an injustice against fellow citizens whom they said have been denied jobs and housing solely because of their gender identity.
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Maryland House of Delegates Votes 86-52 in Favor of Gender Identity Bill
Posted by Yusef Najafi |
March 26, 2011 12:50 PM
http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/03/breaking-maryland-house-of-del.htmlThe Maryland House of Delegates voted 86-52 in favor of the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, today, during the bill's third and final reading.
The bill now moves to the Senate's Judicial Proceeding Committee for amendments and according to the Maryland House's clerk office, will be voted upon on the Senate floor before the end of this year's legislative session on April 11.
