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File #: 201087    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 3/23/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/24/2016 Final action: 3/24/2016
Enactment date: 3/24/2016 Enactment #: 201087
Title: Supporting the expansion of MA non-discrimination laws to include gender identity, and calling for the passage of Senate #735 and House #1577 which would ensure that transgender individuals are protected from discrimination in public places.
Sponsors: Lance L. Davis, and the Entire Board

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Supporting the expansion of MA non-discrimination laws to include gender identity, and calling for the passage of Senate #735 and House #1577 which would ensure that transgender individuals are protected from discrimination in public places.

 

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That this Board of Aldermen does hereby support the expansion of Massachusetts non-discrimination laws to include gender identity and, specifically, calling for the passage of Senate Bill 735 and House Bill 1577; which would update the Commonwealth's public accommodations law to ensure transgender individuals are protected from discrimination in public places.