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Theater Offensive To Honor Transgender Activist Gunner Scott


TRT Editor | Apr 17, 2012 | Retrieved from the Internet on April 24, 2012 by SJ


http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2012/04/17/theater-offensive-to-honor-transgender-activist-gunner-scott/





Gunner Scott at the signing of the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Bill by Gov. Deval Patrick in November, 2011. Photo by: Theater Offensive

BOSTON, MA – Nationally recognized transgender activist Gunner Scott will be honored with The Theater Offensive's Out on the Edge award. As Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, Scott led the battle for passage of the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Bill in November. The Transgender Equal Rights Bill, also known as An Act Relative to Gender Identity, makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity in the areas of employment, housing, public education and credit & lending.