Transgender Rights.

On July 8, 2016, Massachusetts passed an anti-discrimination law that gives transgender people the right to use public restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities, regardless of their sex at birth. That law was in danger of being overturned on the November 2018 ballot.

Our Activist Fellow worked with Freedom for All Massachusetts, a broad-based bipartisan coalition with the goal of updating Massachusetts’ longstanding civil rights laws to include nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in public places such as restaurants, hotels, and hospitals. The goal of the Freedom for All Massachusetts campaign is to continue building the Commonwealth’s familiarity with transgender people and to continue growing support for fair and equal treatment.

Our 2018 advocacy activities around this issue included: