Today, the Transgender Equal Rights Coalition released a video showing that opponents of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill are relying on lies to generate opposition to the bill. Video footage comes from testimony given by leading opponents of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill during a June 8 hearing on the bill before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
“This bill is a civil rights bill, pure and simple,” said Gunner Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. “No matter how many times opponents of the bill claim otherwise, it doesn’t change the fact that this is about prohibiting discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, education, and credit. Nothing more and nothing less.”
“Lawmakers should act quickly to pass this bill,” said Kara Suffredini, Esq. executive director of MassEquality. “It will catch the state up with 15 other states, Washington DC, 132 cities and leading Bay State businesses such as Staples, Bain & Co., Eastern Bank, Raytheon, John Hancock Financial Services and others that already have these protections in place.”
For accurate information about the Transgender Equal Rights Bill, please visit PassMassTransBill.org.
