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HUD’s final ruling ensures equal access to housing for LGBT community

By Hannah Clay Wareham for Bay Windows

 

On Jan. 28, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the development of important protections against housing discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people under a new rule unveiled at the 24th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, a conference hosted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

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Feb 1, 2012

MassEquality Statement on US Department of Housing and Urban Development New Policy To Ban Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity In Federal Housing Policy

  BOSTON, January 31, 2012—Statement by MassEquality Executive Director Kara Suffredini, Esq. on announcement by US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan that agency will end anti-LGBT discrimination in federal housing policies:

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Jan 31, 2012

New policy to ban discrimination on Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity in Federal Housing Policy addressed

for The Rainbow Times

 

BOSTON, January 31, 2012— Statement by MassEquality Executive Director Kara Suffredini, Esq. on announcement by US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shawn Donovan that agency will end anti-LGBT discrimination in federal housing policies:

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Jan 31, 2012

Patrick signs Transgender Equal Rights Bill

for Medford Transcript

 

In a heavily attended ceremony held in the Senate Reading Room of the State House, Gov. Deval Patrick signed An Act Relative to Gender Identity, otherwise known as the Transgender Equal Rights Bill, into law.

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Jan 27, 2012