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Patrick backs bill to protect rights of transgendered

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Patrick backs bill to protect rights of transgendered
Antibias statutes would be amended

By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / March 5, 2008

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/05/patrick_backs_bill_to_protect_rights_of_transgendered/

Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday he supports a bill protecting transgendered people from discrimination, legislation similar to laws already enacted in more than a dozen states.
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"Massachusetts has a rich history of protecting the civil rights of all its citizens," Patrick said in a letter that was read to a legislative committee at a State House hearing. Yet "transgendered people continue to face serious discrimination in the workplace, in schools, and in public accommodations."

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