Former GOP Committee Rep pushes for ballot question to repeal trans equality law
She may be swimming upstream, but former GOP National Committee representative Chanel Prunier of Shrewsbury is gathering signatures for a 2018 ballot question aimed at repealing the newly enacted law that extends equal rights to...
What Passage of the Transgender Rights Bill Means to Senate President Rosenberg
The following guest editorial by Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg appears in the current July/August 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine:
After the terrible tragedy in Orlando, it is natural to want to say that standing...
Governor Baker signs trans-inclusive public accommodations bill into law
"Massachusetts is now the 1st state this year—& the 18th in the nation—to pass full #trans protections! #TransBillMA."
The tweet rang out from Freedom Massachusetts around 3:30 p.m. today after Governor Charlie Baker signed into...
Massachusetts Senate & House agree on final version of public accommodations law
Pending the approving signature of Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts may well have its legal expansion of the state's public accommodations law, which includes transgender people, on the books by October 1.
The state's senate and...
Pentagon lifts ban on transgender troops
A person's qualifications should be the only thing that matters when it comes to serving in the United States military. So said Defense Secretary Ash Carter today when he announced that transgender individuals may...
Vermont passes law protecting LGBT kids from anti-conversion therapy
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin recently signed into law the prohibition of licensed professionals who counsel minors from attempting to “change” the sexual orientation or gender identity of a minor — a practice also known as "conversion...
Massachusetts House sweepingly passes transgender public accommodations bill
The Massachusetts House of Representatives brought the transgender public accommodations bill one step closer to becoming state law today, June 1, with an overwhelmingly supportive vote of 116—36.
According to MassEquality's Executive Director Deborah Shields:
“ applaud...
Governor Baker says he would sign transgender public accommodations equality bill
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced today that he would sign into law legislation ensuring that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State.
In a Boston Globe interview today,...
Boston Medical Center to be first hospital in state offering ‘gender affirmation’ surgery
Only a few hospitals in the United States perform gender reassignment surgery and Boston Medical Center is about to join this elite—though expanding—roster. In doing so, it's also becoming the first medical facility in Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Senate passes bill to include protections for transgender people
With an overwhelming majority—33-4—the Massachusetts Senate passed a long-awaited bill to ensure that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State.
"The measure would update state anti-discrimination law. So, just as a...
