Heavy hitters go to bat for transgender civil rights bill
by Laura Kiritsy
Editor-in-chief
Tuesday Mar 4, 2008
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Gov. Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Congressman Barney Frank came out in support of House Bill 1722 at a March 4 hearing on the bill before the legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The bill would add gender identity and expression to the state's civil rights laws.