Friday, June 21, 2013

Another step

On Wed the Delaware legislature took another positive step toward equality for all Delawareans by passing SB 97, adding protections for gender identity to Delaware’s nondiscrimination and hate crimes laws. Governor Jack Markell swiftly signed the legislation into law. With this historic move, Delaware joins 16 other states in providing basic fairness for our transgender citizens.

1 comment:

anne marie in philly said...

YAYZ! this has been overshadowed by the marriage law; I knew the DE house had passed this measure, but then the news seemed to die. YAYZ!