OutInBoston.com – by: Greenwald, Marisa, OIA Newswire
Newton, MA – U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Newton) today submitted the following statement urging the Massachusetts legislature to extend current state antidiscrimination laws to people who are transgender. Rep. Frank has long supported policies to extend important employment, housing and other protections to people who are transgender.
The statement by the Congressman was delivered by Mr. Diego Sanchez at a hearing in the Massachusetts State House because Frank could not be there in person, as a result of his Congressional duties in Washington, DC. Sanchez is the Director of Public Relations and External Affairs for AIDS Action Committee, and the first transgender member of the Democratic National Committee Platform Committee to be appointed by DNC Chair Howard Dean.