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Title: Gov. Patrick Bans Discrimination Against Trans State Workers
Post by: Natasha on February 18, 2011, 01:27:13 AM
Gov. Patrick Bans Discrimination Against Trans State Workers

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/02/gov-patrick-bans-discrimination-against.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/02/gov-patrick-bans-discrimination-against.html)
2/17/11
Monica Roberts

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) issued an executive order today in a private ceremony that bans discrimination against trans workers in state government.

Diane DeLap, a trans worker in the state's Division of Workforce Development who attended today's ceremony.said to Boston.com, "It opens up to the community the fact that transgender people need to be hired and treated properly,"