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HB1722 Testimony - Compilation
A compilation of excerpts (28:29 out of a 10-hour session) from testimony on behalf of HB1722, "An Act Relative to Gender-Based Hate Crimes and Discrimination", before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary. Included is testimony by Suffolk County Sheriff March 4, 2008
Included, in order of appearance:
Andrea Cabral, Suffolk County Sheriff
Rep. Carl Sciortino, lead legislative co-sponsor
Rep. Byron Rushing, lead legislative co-sponsor
GLAD attorney Jennifer Levi Esq.
Alishia Ouelette, Trans Firefighter
Ethan St. Pierre, Trans FTM activist
Tom Barbera, MA AFL-CIO VP
Katherine Triantafillou Esq., former Cambridge City Councillor
Gavi Wolfe, ACLU Legislative Specialist
Don Gorton, chair, Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
Kenneth Garber, firefighter, parent of trans child