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Sciortino transgender bill testimony heard
Thu Jan 17, 2008, 11:11 AM EST

Boston - Soon after he started to transition between genders in 2003, Ethan St. Pierre was fired from his job as a security manager for a protection services company. Since then, St. Pierre, 46, of Haverhill, has been between jobs, which he says are hard to come by because the company keeps providing bad references for him. "I'm constantly out," he said. "My field is closed off to me.They think there's something wrong with me."

St. Pierre and others are hoping Beacon Hill can do something about job discrimination against transgender people, pushing legislation (H 1722) that amends anti-discrimination laws.