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Title: Senator Scott Brown on the Transgender Rights Bill: “We’ve already done it here
Post by: Shana A on September 28, 2011, 10:48:45 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 28, 2011, 10:48:45 AM
Senator Scott Brown on the Transgender Rights Bill: "We've already done it here in Massachusetts"
By: Laurel Ramseyer Wednesday September 28, 2011 8:00 am
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/09/28/senator-scott-brown-opposes-federal-anti-discrimination-protections-in-employment-for-lgbt-people/ (http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/09/28/senator-scott-brown-opposes-federal-anti-discrimination-protections-in-employment-for-lgbt-people/)
U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has been dodging questions about his stance on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA, S811). ENDA would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. But at a private company function in Massachusetts this week another of Senator Brown's non-answers on ENDA revealed something valuable: his apparent support for including transgender people in the Massachusetts state anti-discrimination law.
During a question and answer session an employee who identified as a veteran, a Republican and transgender initiated the following exchange. This exchange was independently recounted to me by more than one person who heard it first-hand.
By: Laurel Ramseyer Wednesday September 28, 2011 8:00 am
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/09/28/senator-scott-brown-opposes-federal-anti-discrimination-protections-in-employment-for-lgbt-people/ (http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/09/28/senator-scott-brown-opposes-federal-anti-discrimination-protections-in-employment-for-lgbt-people/)
U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has been dodging questions about his stance on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA, S811). ENDA would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. But at a private company function in Massachusetts this week another of Senator Brown's non-answers on ENDA revealed something valuable: his apparent support for including transgender people in the Massachusetts state anti-discrimination law.
During a question and answer session an employee who identified as a veteran, a Republican and transgender initiated the following exchange. This exchange was independently recounted to me by more than one person who heard it first-hand.