Trans-Identites Part 3: Legislating Civil Rights
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
From: Tina Antolini
Length: 00:06:35
More than one bill languished in Massachusetts last legislative session, including a bill that would have added "gender identity and gender expression" to the state's anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws. The bill is aimed at protecting people who identify with a gender other than the one on their birth certificate. The transgender community maintains that current laws regarding sexual orientation don't protect them. Legislation providing similar protections in Connecticut passed the senate, but didn't clear the house. In the final part of a series on the region's transgender community, Tina Antolini reports on the debate over these bills, and why advocates think they stalled in the legislature
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Piece Description
More than one bill languished in Massachusetts last legislative session, including a bill that would have added "gender identity and gender expression" to the state's anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws. The bill is aimed at protecting people who identify with a gender other than the one on their birth certificate. The transgender community maintains that current laws regarding sexual orientation don't protect them. Legislation providing similar protections in Connecticut passed the senate, but didn't clear the house. In the final part of a series on the region's transgender community, Tina Antolini reports on the debate over these bills, and why advocates think they stalled in the legislature
Broadcast History
The series aired on WFCR in Western New England in June of 2008.
