by Ethan Jacobs
Bay Windows
Sunday Mar 2, 2008
EDGE Publications, Inc. (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc3=&id=70964&pg=1)
""For [the Coalition] to deliberately create an unfounded fear about women's safety, while simultaneously ignoring the serious threats to safety experienced by many transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Commonwealth, is disgraceful," reads the statement, in part.
Levi said beyond safety the objections by the Coalition also seem to be rooted in the discomfort people may feel sharing bathroom and locker room facilities with transgender people.
"Discomfort has often been the reason why people oppose non-discrimination laws. ... It's never been a justification for not prohibiting discrimination," said Levi."