chrissy polis
- I find that I cannot sit idly by while a county department head vacillates on yet another issue and an elected official plays to the fears of the citizens with inaccurate depictions of a small minority portion of the citizenry.
- Obama administration's recent advisory to schools on transgender rights has been twisted into something it wasn't by the usual demagogues
- Warning from Justice Department that HB2 violates the rights of transgender people hits the mark
- Failure of challenge to Maryland's transgender rights law despite trumped up 'bathroom bill' fears should be a source of pride
- Opponents of equality need to get their minds out of the bathroom and recognize the very real discrimination, violence and alienation transgender people suffer.
- Republican opponents stoop to misguided fears of bathroom invasions to oppose anti-discrimination protections that most Marylanders support
- Transgender people want to be treated fairly and equally
- Three years after the attack on Chrissy Lee Polis, it's time Maryland protected the basic rights of transgender individuals
- Maryland, like 34 other states, lacks laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity – laws that would protect transgender people and others who transgress traditional notions of male and female.
- For transgender attack victim Chrissy Lee Polis, trauma remains
- Transgender people would be protected from discrimination in Baltimore County under a measure approved by the County Council Tuesday.
- Fears of cross-dressing voyeurs are a distraction in Baltimore County debate over transgender law
- A dozen people gathered outside Tom Quirk's office Monday morning to protest the proposed transgender bill that the Baltimore County Council will vote on Tuesday evening.
- Nearly a year after one of the nation's most high-profile assaults on a transgender person happened at a Baltimore County McDonald's, the County Council is considering legislation to ban discrimination based on gender identity.
- Baltimore County Council members said Tuesday they would consider exempting public restrooms and locker rooms from the measure.
- 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.
- A Baltimore County councilman plans to introduce a measure next week to prohibit discrimination against transgender people.
- Howard County has moved to bar discrimination against transgender people within its borders; now lawmakers in Annapolis must act to extend similar protections to all Maryland residents
- 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.
- Some opponents also attend public hearing, express concern about 'bathroom issue'
- Advocates pushing for laws barring discrimination against transgender individuals are looking to local jurisdictions after suffering a defeat in the state legislature and a brutal attack on a woman at a Baltimore County McDonald's last spring.
- Woman who savagely attacked a woman in Rosedale deserves a longer prison sentence whether the victim was transgender or not
- Five year sentence sends the right message to help reassure the transgender community that it is welcome and will be protected.
- A teenager who pleaded guilty in the beating of a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's has been sentenced to five years in prison.
- Violence against Chrissy Lee Polis shows the need for more news about hardships endured by transgender people.
- The guilty plea Thursday by one of two assailants in the terrible beating of a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's provides not only justice for the victim but also an important message for a community that is still marginalized in this state.