Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Judiciary Committee Testimony
June 8, 2011
You can also watch opposition testimony.
Below is a list of MTPC-arranged panels. Sorry, this list does not include last-minute changes, so some panels are somewhat different than as listed below. Also, this list does not reflect the order of testimony, either of panels or within panels.
Legislative Sponsors
Sen. Ben Downing, Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, Rep. Byron Rushing, and Rep. Carl Sciortino
Rep. Denise Andrews
1. Transgender Overview and Definitions
Gunner Scott – Executive Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Grace Sterling Stowell – Executive Director, BAGLY, Inc.
2. Implementation:
Attorney General Martha Coakley
Chairman of MA Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), Julian T. Tynes
Superintendant Christopher J. Burke, Cambridge Police Department
3. Discrimination
Eva Krauss – Peabody
Nancy Nangeroni – Beverly
Daunasia Yancey – Boston
4. Business Panel 1
Lee Badgett – Williams Institute, UMass Amherst
Nancy Huntington Stager - Executive Vice Pres., Human Resources Director Eastern Bank
5. Legal Panel 1
Jennifer Levi, Esq. – Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
6. Business Panel 2
Jon Albano – Bingham McCutchen
J.T. Scott – Crossfit Fenway
7. Women’s Organizations – Safety Issues Panel
Maureen Gallagher – Jane Doe, Inc.
Nancy Scannell – MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Vicky Steinberg/Beth Withers– Board, Massachusetts NOW
8. Labor Panel
Sumner Delaney – CWA 1400
Brian Lang, President UNITE HERE Local 26
Ron Patenaude – President, UAW Local 2322
Vanessa Story, Director of Administration, SEIU Local 509
9. Hate Crimes & Discrimination
Lisa – Lowell
Logan Ferraro – Dorchester
Ethan St. Pierre – Haverhill
10. Medical & Mental Health Experts
Dr. Alex Gonzalez – Medical Director, Fenway Community Health
Melissa Savage, LICSW – NASW (National Assoc. of Social Workers)
Betty Morningstar – NASW Board President
11. Parents
Marion Freedman-Gurspan, Brookline
Ken Garber –Firefighter, Quincy
David Hardy – former teacher, Hingham
12. Clergy
Rabbi Joseph Berman, Temple B’Nai Israel
Rev. Sue Phillip, District Executive– Unitarian Universalist Association
Rev. Stephanie Spellers, Episcopal Church
13. Employment
Dana Zircher – Microsoft, Cambridge
Michelle Figueraro – State Street Financial, Cohasset
14. Economic Impact for Families
Chris Miller – self-employed parent, Medford
Holly Ryan – parent, Newton
Sara Schnorr – Angel, Palmer and Dodge, Wellesley
15. Legal Panel 2 / Legal Community Support
Nancy Cremins – Women’s Bar Association
Cathy Reuben – MA Bar Association
Gavi Wolf – ACLU
16. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Groups
Arline Isaacson – Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus
Kara Suffredini, Esq. – MassEquality