Comments on: Baltimore County passes gender identity bill http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-co-passes-gender-identity-bill/ the gay community's news source Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Year in review: Trans bill dies in Md Legislature | Gay News | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-co-passes-gender-identity-bill/#comment-87940 Year in review: Trans bill dies in Md Legislature | Gay News | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=36419#comment-87940 [...] Baltimore County Council voted 5-2 on Feb. 21 to approve a bill that bans discrimination against tra…in the areas of employment, housing and public [...]

]]> By: Baltimore County Passes Trans Nondiscrimination Bill | Care2 Causes http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-co-passes-gender-identity-bill/#comment-44416 Baltimore County Passes Trans Nondiscrimination Bill | Care2 Causes Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:02:07 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=36419#comment-44416 [...] Senate President Mike Miller, who has an established history of resisting LGBT rights measures, is quoted as saying he can only deal with “one gay issue at a [...]

]]> By: Caroline Temmermand http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-co-passes-gender-identity-bill/#comment-44372 Caroline Temmermand Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:36:22 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=36419#comment-44372 Interesting to note about this effort were several things:

1) Hardly a word was ever spoken about the bill including sexual orientation. Your story was the first to mention it.
2) It was a partnership with PFLAG and others that made it happen. Parents and friends of transgenders are very powerful when they let their voices be heard.
3) Gender Rights Maryland is awesome. It is also all volunteer and could use some cash to continue its work on behalf of all Marylanders, not just transgender folks as this bill so aptly shows. A great way to thank them: Send them a check, please.

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