Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Maine's LD 1046 Has Heated Debate
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/maines-ld-1046-has-heated-debate.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/maines-ld-1046-has-heated-debate.html)
LD 1046, the anti trans bill that seeks to overturn favorable Maine Human Rights Commission rulings on bathroom access issues, underwent a public hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee and an overflow crowd yesterday in Augusta
The bill was penned by Republican freshman Rep. Ken Fredette, who was a member of the Maine Human Rights commission when the two trans bathroom rights cases were favorably ruled on.
Fredette stated his bill would prevent the Maine Human Rights Commission from being able to find that public and private entities discriminate when they force trans people to use restrooms that are opposite of their gender identity and presentation. This would prevent trans people from suing, as the people in the Orono schools and Denny's situations did, Fredette argued.