Transgender 101 - Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition

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Originally Posted by sosed

Thank you for article, it makes a lot of things more clear. Is this legal protection and equality under the law now part of state laws or it still need to go through in state parliament? If not yet, I hope it will be accepted.

There is a bill before the Massachusetts State Legislature -- "An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights" -- that is up for a vote this year. The City of Boston has already enacted a local ordinance along the same lines.

The bill makes the protection of transgender people explicit, uniform, and visible to the general public. It adds gender identity and expression to the Massachusetts non-discrimination statute and amends existing hate crime laws to protect transgender people explicitly when they are targeted for violence and harassment.