It used to be, when media reports referred to transgender equality legislation as the "bathroom bill," I could rant about the journalistic irresponsibility. And we all feel good when we can feel morally superior to people in the news media.
BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Transgender advocates gathered at the State House Wednesday to push a bill that would provide more legal protection for transgender people.
It’s been dubbed the bathroom bill by critics because they are worried this will force companies to provide an additional bathroom for transgender people. But, this bill is about a lot more than just bathrooms.
This legislation would add "gender identity and expression" to the state's nondiscrimination laws. It would protect transgender people from being denied employment or housing.
By Lindsey Parietti / StateHouse News Service for Metro West Daily News
BOSTON - Transgender rights advocates pressured lawmakers Wednesday to vote on a bill that would protect transgender people in state non-discrimination and hate crime laws.
The bill, first filed in 2007, has been held up in the Judiciary Committee for most of the two-year session, despite having 104 co-sponsors in the House and Senate including House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop).
Through a spokesman, DeLeo observed that the bill is under consideration.
BOSTON, JULY 8, 2010 —Statement by MassEquality Interim Executive Director Paula Herrington on Judge Tauro’s ruling today in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Health and Human Services
MassEquality is the leading statewide grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We do this by partnering across issues, identities and communities to build a broad, inclusive and politically powerful movement that changes hearts and minds and achieves policy and electoral victories.