Just got an email from MassEquality with some great news. An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes has more original co-sponsors than any other bill introduced this session of the legislature!
If your legislator is a co-sponsor, contact them today and thank them. If your legislator isn’t a co-sponsor, let them know you want them to vote for the bill. To find out who your legislators are, click HERE.
More info can be found in the MassEquality email, below the fold.
Majority of the legislature supports transgender equality
Dear Lurleen,
On Wednesday, legislation to ban discrimination against transgender people in Massachusetts was introduced with 104 original co-sponsors, including majorities in the Senate and House.
The legislation has more original co-sponsors than any other bill introduced this session of the legislature.
An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes adds gender identity and expression to non-discrimination laws covering employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations, as well as to hate crimes statutes.
We are one step closer to passing this critical legislation. But there is still work to be done.
If your legislator signed on to co-sponsor the bill please call and thank them for their support of equality. You can call your legislator at 617-722-2000 Monday-Friday between 9 AM-5 PM. A complete list of co-sponsors is below. Click HERE to find your legislators.
If your legislator did not sign on as a co-sponsor, we will need your help when this comes up for a vote this year. Stay tuned on what you can do to help pass this important legislation.
Until then, thanks for helping us achieve so much support for equality.
Marc Solomon
Executive DirectorMatt O’Malley
Political DirectorSenators:
Stephen Buoniconti
Harriette Chandler
Sonia Chang-Diaz
Cynthia Creem
Ken Donnelly
Ben Downing
Jamie Eldridge
Susan Fargo
Anthony Galluccio
Pat Jehlen
Brian Joyce
Thomas Kennedy
Michael Knapik
Thomas McGee
Mark Montigny
Anthony Petruccelli
Stanley Rosenberg
Karen Spilka
Richard Tisei
Sue Tucker
Marian WalshRepresentatives:
Speaker Robert DeLeo
Geraldo Alicea
Willie Mae Allen
Brian Ashe
Cory Atkins
Demetrius Atsalis
Ruth Balser
Carlo Basile
Jen Benson
Bill Bowles
Garrett Bradley
Will Brownsberger
Antonio Cabral
Linda Dean Campbell
James Cantwell
Katherine Clark
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
Tom Conroy
Michael Costello
Steve D’Amico
Stephen DiNatale
Paul Donato
Lori Ehrlich
Mark Falzone
Ann Margaret Ferrante
Linda Dorcena Forry
Gloria Fox
Sean Garballey
Anne Gobi
Mary Grant
Pat Haddad
Lida Harkins
Jonathan Hecht
Kate Hogan
Kevin Honan
Louis Kafka
Jay Kaufman
John Keenan
Kay Kahn
Peter Kocot
Peter Koutoujian
Stephen Kulik
Jason Lewis
David Linksy
Barbara L’Italien
Timothy Madden
Liz Malia
Ron Mariano
Paul McMurtry
Michael Moran
Charlie Murphy
Harold Naughton
Jim O’Day
Matt Patrick
Sarah Peake
Alice Peisch
Denise Provost
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
Robert Rice
Pam Richardson
John Rogers
Byron Rushing
Jeffrey Sanchez
Rosemary Sandlin
Tom Sannicandro
John Scibak
Carl Sciortino
Stephen Smith
Frank Smizik
Theodore Speliotis
Thomas Stanley
Ellen Story
William Straus
David Sullivan
Benjamin Swan
Stephen Tobin
Tim Toomey
Cleon Turner
James Vallee
Steven Walsh
Marty Walz
James Welch
Alice Wolf©2008 MassEquality.org | 11 Beacon St, Suite 1125, Boston, MA 02108
Just got an email from MassEquality with some great news. An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes has more original co-sponsors than any other bill introduced this session of the legislature!
If your legislator is a co-sponsor, contact them today and thank them. If your legislator isn’t a co-sponsor, let them know you want them to vote for the bill. To find out who your legislators are, click HERE.
More info can be found in the MassEquality email, below the fold. (more…)
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