this happened yesterday

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

Concord - By a single vote, the New Hampshire House today reversed itself and passed a bill that bars discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The proposal was dubbed the "bathroom bill" by its opponents. The bill, House Bill 415, allows individuals to bring actions at the Human Rights Commission when they feel they have been discriminated against on the basis of their sexual identity, or the way they express it, such as with their clothing or makeup.
After more than three hours of debate that opened today's session, the House voted 188-187 to pass the bill.
Early in the debate, Speaker of the House Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, took the unusual step of leaving her podium and speaking in favor of the bill. She said she was disappointed in debate two weeks ago, and by "the muddying of the waters" on the issue.
"New Hampshire and the New Hampshire General Court has always stood against discrimination. Somewhere along the way, that message got lost on this bill," she said. "We're not asking you to open up bathrooms to sexual predators. We're asking you to stand tall against discrimination."MORe

Washington Oks Inclusion of transgender in Hate Crimes Laws

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Attacks against transgender people could be prosecuted as hate crimes under a bill approved Wednesday by Washington's Legislature.

The state's hate-crime law says it's a felony to threaten, damage the property of, or physically injure someone because of ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation.

At present, the hate-crime definition of sexual orientation covers gay, straight or bisexual people. The bill approved Wednesday adds "gender expression or identity" to that definition, making the law apply to attacks on transgender people.MORe

Comments

[voz-latina.livejournal.com]

omfg

Imma cryin now. im crying foreals....rt now

i have work to do, and I don't care
Im crying now.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[voz-latina.livejournal.com]

Between testifying at the State House, this, and the wite feminist blogs shitting on us...I am at wit's end.

http://voz-latina.livejournal.com/4425.html

http://voz-latina.livejournal.com/3106.html

and would u believe that ppl are already criticizing it?

smh...colonized minds imma cryin again

[epilady.livejournal.com]

WOW!

This is amazing.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

this has been a week indeed.

[maschalismos.livejournal.com]

FUCKIN' A! Today needed some good news.