An Open Letter -- With An Ask Of Sen. Brian Frosh
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Apr 01, 2011 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18967/an-open-letter-with-as-ask-of-sen-brian-froshI've been talking to a bunch of folk in Maryland behind the scenes for awhile now. Definitely weeks, maybe a couple of months. Whether one supports this gender identity bill without public accommodation or not, how this bill has been processed has been...interesting.
And as if things haven't been weird enough in Maryland lately...
The gender identity bill (House Bill 235) passed the House on Saturday, March 26 by a vote of 86-52. An impressive margin of victory. The credit for that passage would need to go to Equality Maryland, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Maryland Black Family Alliance, the ACLU of Maryland and the many organizations who worked hard to secure this, which I'd call a victory. I do know; however, many of my peers in trans community no doubt disagree with me on that.
