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September 10, 2018

Massachusetts Could Roll Back Trans Rights This Year — And We Need to Fight Back

By Shannon Minter, Esq., NCLR Legal Director

* This piece originally appeared in them.us on September 10, 2018. A vote this November on trans rights in Massachusetts could have wide-ranging national consequences. by Shannon Minter & Jennifer Levi This November, Massachusetts voters will be the first anywhere to be asked whether they will retain a statewide law protecting transgender people’s equal access to…

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“I’ve gone from being forced to hide parts of myself in a basement to literally being able to stand up and remind people that God loves everyone. That includes me as a black, gay man.”—@heyDarren https://t.co/ibSwBu26TO

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Massachusetts Could Roll Back Trans Rights This Year — And We Need to Fight Back

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