All Posts Tagged With: "discrimination laws"

Somerville Rep. Sciortino continues fight for transgender right

State House News Service Somerville — Legislation adding gender identity to the state’s non-discrimination laws has long had majority support in the House and Senate, but with most of the 2009-2010 session over, the bills (H 1728 and S 1687) have yet to move out of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, which held a packed hearing [...]

23Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Mass. trans couple settles discrimination case

by Hannah Clay Wareham Bay Windows A housing discrimination case brought by a Massachusetts transgender couple against landlords and a real estate agent of a rental property in Oxford, MA, has recently been settled. Samantha J. Cornell, a transgender woman, and her spouse Andrea V. Boisseau, who was born with an intersex condition, were awarded [...]

15Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued