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Balto. Co. Council approves transgender discrimination ban
Transgender people would be protected from discrimination in Baltimore County under a measure approved by the County Council Tuesday, making the county the fourth local government in Maryland to adopt such protections. Council members did not add a...Tags: Voting, Todd Huff, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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Transgender bill stirs fear, controversy in Baltimore County
Jenna Fischetti picks a seat at a Baltimore County Starbucks where she can see who's coming and going. As a transgender woman, the 47-year-old is always on guard.
"My head's on the swivel," said Fischetti, a freckled brunette.
When she slips into a...Tags: Sexual Assault, Social Issues, G.I. Joe (fictional character), Laws, YouTube
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Gender identity and bathrooms in Balto. Co.
Tuesday night, the Baltimore County Council has a chance to send a powerful message about equality and fairness to all Marylanders when it votes on a bill to extend the county's anti-discrimination laws to cover transgender people. In the county where...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Catonsville, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Feminism
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Balto. Co. Council may strip bathrooms from transgender bill
After hearing hours of testimony on a bill to ban discrimination against transgender people, Baltimore County Council members said Tuesday they would consider exempting public restrooms and locker rooms from the measure. Restrooms have emerged as a hot-...Tags: Social Issues, Todd Huff, Laws, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Balto. Co. to consider transgender anti-discrimination bill
A Baltimore County councilman plans to introduce a measure next week to prohibit discrimination against transgender people. Tom Quirk, a Catonsville Democrat, said the bill would add both gender identity and sexual orientation to the county's existing...Tags: Laws, Montgomery County (Maryland), Catonsville, Minority Groups, Baltimore County
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Balto. Co. Council hears testimony on transgender bill
Baltimore County Council members heard emotional testimony Tuesday as dozens of residents turned out to speak about a proposal meant to prohibit discrimination against transgender people. Supporters of the legislation, introduced Tuesday by Catonsville...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Catonsville, Minority Groups, Baltimore County, Todd Huff
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O'Malley will back transgender rights bill
Though it won't be part of his legislative agenda, Gov. Martin O'Malley told reporters this morning that he will back a bill to extend employment, housing and other rights to transgender people. "I support it wholeheatedly," O'Malley said. "I do...Tags: Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Government, Regional Authority
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Victim of transgender assault at Rosedale McDonald's charged with disorderly conduct
The 23-year-old transgendered woman whose videotaped
beating in a Rosedale McDonald's went viral over the Internet is facing a disorderly conduct charge after an argument with a police officer in Baltimore County.
Chrissy Lee Polis, free on $7,500 bail,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Howard County, Baltimore County, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Hate Crimes
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A matter of equality
Howard County's passage of a law last week banning discrimination against transgender people marks another significant step toward full equality for all Marylanders and it sends a strong message that the county will protect its residents' rights...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Minority Groups, Baltimore County, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Beating shows the need for more education on transgender hardships
Over the past three months, there have been countless retellings of the unfortunate incident in which two young women, Teonna Monae Brown and an unnamed girl, severely assaulted Chrissy Lee Polis, a transgender woman, because of her gender identity ("...Tags: Maryland, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Abusive Behavior, Gays and Lesbians
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Teen gets five years for attack on transgender woman at McDonald's
After a teenage girl was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for beating a transgender woman at a McDonald's in Rosedale, some advocates for transgender people called the sentence too lenient.
"The whole incident is unfortunate and demonstrates the...Tags: Stress, Social Issues, Health, Human Interest, Laws
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In transgender beating a just (and necessary) sentence
The five-year prison sentence Baltimore County Circuit Judge John Turnbull II imposed on the 19-year-old who savagely beat a transgender woman in a Rosedale McDonald's was both appropriate to the crime and necessary for the peace of mind of the community....Tags: Baltimore County, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Activism
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