Expand hate crime laws

[Shana A]

Expand hate crime laws

Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:11 pm | Updated: 6:25 pm, Tue May 3, 2011.
Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-21st)

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/community_times/perspectives/expand-hate-crime-laws/article_c62a82d2-75c1-11e0-9b6d-001cc4c03286.html

Editor:

I have asked my Maryland General Assembly colleagues to view the online video of a horrific hate crime that occurred in Rosedale recently to highlight the need for Maryland hate crime laws to be expanded to include transgender people.

Incidents such as this illustrate why the transgender community in Maryland and elsewhere need to be protected through antidiscrimination legislation.  Supporters of House Bill 235 in this past legislative session recognized this need and stood up for the rights of this community.