HB1722
HB1722
APA Urges End to Gender Identity Discrimination
During the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention,
August 14 to 17, 2008, the Council of Representatives adopted a
resolution on “Transgender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
Non-Discrimination”, urging psychologists to take a leading role in
ending discrimination based on gender identity.
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posted Wednesday August 20, 2008
MTPC August E-News Released Today
Check out MTPC August E-News
with legislation updates, Trans community news, and upcoming kick-off party for the MTPC Worcester Chapter!
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posted Monday August 4, 2008
MTPC's Letter to the Herald
The Boston Herald responded to MTPC’s letter objecting to pejorative coverage of transgender persons by inviting MTPC to submit a letter to the editor for publication. MTPC did so [see below], but the Herald published a substantially modified version without MTPC’s approval. We take exception to the editing of our words without our permission, a practice which cannot accurately represent nor adequately protect our interests.
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posted Wednesday July 30, 2008
Kick-Off Party for new MTPC chapter starting in Worcester
Sunday, August 10, 2008
2-4pm
MTPC Worcester Chapter Kick Off Party at 86 Winter Restaurant at 65 Water Street, Worcester. Come learn about MTPC, the new chapter, and ways to get involved. For more information please email worcester@masstpc.org or call 617-778-0519.
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posted Tuesday July 29, 2008
GLAAD and MTPC Call on Boston Herald to Apologize for Offensive Coverage
July 11, 2008 – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) are encouraging people to contact the Boston Herald and ask editors to apologize for the paper’s offensive slurs and sensationalistic coverage of transgender people.
On July 7, the paper posted an article online about a police operation headlined “Undercover ‘john’ takes on trannies, pimps” and focused on a Boston-area detective who goes undercover to arrest sex workers. The article repeatedly referred to transgender women as “trannies” and opened the story by describing how the detective has been “trapped inside houses of ill repute by giant naked trannies.” The article was also published in the July 8 print edition.
Please contact the Boston Herald and call on them to issue an apology. Tell them that they are failing to meet basic standards of journalistic integrity and that they must remove the defamatory terminology and references from the article.
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posted Friday July 11, 2008
Free Legal Clinic for Transgender people at AIDS Action this month only
For the month of July only, the Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates legal clinic will move its location to AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. AIDS Action is at 294 Washington Street in Boston, on the fifth floor. It is in the downtown area, a few blocks from Downtown Crossing, Park Street, State St, or Government Center T stations. (Link to a map). The July clinic is on July 17, 2008.
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posted Wednesday July 9, 2008
MTPC July E-Newsletter
MTPC Updates
Transgender Youth Summit a Success!
The last weekend in June MTPC and BAGLY co-sponsored the first day-long summit designed for transgender youth 24 and under. Over 45 youth came together for a full day of activities including presentations from GLAD and MassEquality; hands on art and writing workshops; and identity groups. Summit participants were treated to “swag bags” with t-shirts, health information, and resources.
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posted Tuesday July 8, 2008
Watch Excerpts from Congressional Hearing on TG Discrimination
[source: NCTE]
If you weren’t able to watch the first Congressional Hearing on transgender issues, “An Examination of Discrimination Against Trangender Americans in the Workplace,” as it happened live on Thursday, June 26, we have posted clips of the hearing on YouTube. You can find the clips on the NCTE page at YouTube.
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posted Saturday June 28, 2008
Two Announcements - Congressional Hearing and AMA Transgender Resolution
Congress to Hold First Ever Hearing on Transgender Issues
Source NCTE
*The US House of Representatives announced America’s first Congressional Hearing on transgender issues. The hearing, “An Examination of Discrimination Against Transgender Americans in the Workplace,”
AMA Call for “Removal of Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients”
Source NCTE
The American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution June 16, 2008
calling for “public and private health insurance coverage for treatment of
gender identity disorder as recommended by the patient’s physician.” The
declaration, known as Resolution 122, “Removing Financial Barriers to Care
for Transgender Patients,” was passed by the House of Delegates – AMA’s
primary decision-making body – at its annual conference in Chicago.
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posted Friday June 20, 2008
Why HB1722 is about all of us
Also: NoHo TG Pride Photos
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posted Sunday June 8, 2008