Maryland Delegate Asks For Trans-Protective Bill After Attack

[Shana A]

Maryland Delegate Asks For Trans-Protective Bill After Attack; County Executive Says It's a "Wake Up Call"
Posted by Yusef Najafi |
April 25, 2011 3:09 PM

http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/04/maryland-delegate-challenges-g.html

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Anne Arundel, Prince George's), the lead sponsor of a bill that would have provided some protections to transgender Marylanders had it not been shelved during the 2011 legislative session, addressed her colleagues in an open letter, regarding the recent attack of a transgender woman and candlelight vigil which has been scheduled for tonight.

"Incidents such as this illustrate why the transgender community in Maryland and elsewhere needs to be protected through antidiscrimination legislation," Pena-Melnyk, writes.