State House lobbying for transgender rights
June 28, 2011
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter
http://therainbowtimesmass.com/2011/06282011/statehouse.html (http://therainbowtimesmass.com/2011/06282011/statehouse.html)
Advocates of transgender equality stepped up pressure on the Legislature for passage of a bill that would add "gender identity and expression" to Massachusetts' civil-rights laws, outlawing discrimination in employment, housing, education, credit, and access to public accommodations. The measure would also expand the state's hate-crimes statutes to include transgender related offenses.
The latest push came on June 23, when a couple hundred activists gathered on Beacon Hill to lobby lawmakers directly for enactment of the bill, "An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights."