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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: Tom Quirk, Howard County, Abusive Behavior, Republican Party, Perry Hall
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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: Tom Quirk, Howard County, Abusive Behavior, YouTube, Banking
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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: Tom Quirk, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, YouTube, Catonsville
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Protesters of transgender bill gather outside Councilman Quirk's office
More than a dozen people gathered in Catonsville by 9 a.m. on a brisk President's Day morning outside the Frederick Road office of Councilman Tom Quirk to protest a proposed bill designed to protect transgendered people from discrimination.
Many...Tags: Tom Quirk, Catonsville, Minority Groups, Democratic Party, Cathy Bevins
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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: Tom Quirk, Perry Hall, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Gays and Lesbians, Todd Huff
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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: Tom Quirk, Howard County, Republican Party, Perry Hall, Minority Groups
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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: Tom Quirk, Abusive Behavior, Republican Party, Minority Groups, Feminism
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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: YouTube, Labor Legislation, Minority Groups, Regional Authority, Government
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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: Baltimore County, Howard County, Abusive Behavior, 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: Scott Shellenberger, Howard County, Minority Groups, Labor Legislation, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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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: Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, Minority Groups, Maryland
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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: Trials, Stress, Laws, Seizures, Employees
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