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104 Legislators Co-sponsoring An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes!
Today, there is a majority of legislators in both the House and Senate supporting this bill, supporting non-discrimination for transgender people of Massachusetts. Our lead sponsors, Representatives Carl Sciortino and Byron Rushing on the House side, with Senator Ben Downing in the lead in the Senate have helped to build support and momentum for equality.
Through MTPC’s community organizing efforts over the last three years of the transgender and allied communities we have been able to educate and advocate with legislators and policy makers across the state. Today, we are beginning to see the fruits of those labors.
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition applauds the many policy makers who support “An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes” including:
* Governor Deval Patrick
* State Attorney General Martha Coakley
* Congressman Barney Frank
* Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
* Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
* Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons
* Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins
* Boston City Council
* and today… 104 Legislative Co-Sponsors
I am thrilled of the work we all have done as a community to get to this point. This is and will continue to be a community effort and there is still more to do. This is a victory and we should all be proud of the work we have done to advocate for ourselves and our loved ones.
If your legislator(s) co-sponsored An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination please a take a moment and say “Thank you” either via email, snail mail, or phone call. Thanking our legislators is important. If your legislators are not co-sponsors at this time, then you should call and make an appointment to talk with them about the importance of this bill and how it affects your life to not have protections.
This bill is also supported by our Transgender Civil Rights Coalition Partners including MassEquality, Mass Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLAD, MassNOW, NASW MA Chapter, Mass Lesbian and Gay Bar Association and the other 70 plus local organizations and national organizations such as HRC, NGLTF, and NCTE.
Thank you all again for all of your hard work and your support of MTPC to make this happen.
Gunner Scott
Director
