Activists urge Mass. lawmakers to pass transgender non-discrimination bill

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Activists urge Mass. lawmakers to pass transgender non-discrimination bill
Edge (Boston)
by Peter Cassels
January 26, 2010

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101531

More than 250 transgender Bay Staters and their allies were on Beacon Hill on Jan. 21 to push for passage of a bill to ban gender-based discrimination.

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition organized the lobbying day to spur passage of H1728 in the House of Representatives and S1687 in the state Senate. If passed and signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick, the measure would make the Commonwealth the 14th state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.