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Title: President Obama signs first federal transgender protections into law
Post by: Shana A on October 29, 2009, 09:14:09 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 29, 2009, 09:14:09 AM
President Obama signs first federal transgender protections into law
October 28, 6:39 PM
Matt Kailey
http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d28-President-Obama-signs-first-federal-transgender-protections-into-law (http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d28-President-Obama-signs-first-federal-transgender-protections-into-law)
Upon President Obama's signing today, October 28, 2009, of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) issued the following press release:
President Obama has just signed into law the very first protections for transgender people in U.S. history: the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
October 28, 6:39 PM
Matt Kailey
http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d28-President-Obama-signs-first-federal-transgender-protections-into-law (http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m10d28-President-Obama-signs-first-federal-transgender-protections-into-law)
Upon President Obama's signing today, October 28, 2009, of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) issued the following press release:
President Obama has just signed into law the very first protections for transgender people in U.S. history: the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.