Friday, February 18, 2011

Massachusetts governor signs order protecting transgender state employees

by Inga Sarda-Sorensen

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 — Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today issued two executive orders, numbers 526 and 527, which extend nondiscrimination protections to state employees on the basis of gender identity and expression, and apply to all state agencies and programs, as well as businesses that contract with the state.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was pleased to provide technical assistance to Massachusetts Equality and Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition in their effort to secure this order.  Read more here...

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