Fellow QAPA members, please take a moment to call your state lawmaker to support this very important piece of legislature:

Dear MTPC Supporter, I am writing you with important news. Lawmakers are expected to vote on the Transgender Equal Rights bill TODAY or TOMORROW. Please take a moment NOW to contact your state lawmakers to ask for their support of this bill.   Your request for support from state lawmakers is vital. Opponents of the bill have been swamping the inboxes of lawmakers. Lawmakers need to know that the public and their constituents support this bill! Over the next 24 hours, it is critical that lawmakers hear from bill supporters!   MassEquality will be phonebanking in support of the bill all day tomorrow. And we need volunteers! During phone banks, we talk to constituents and transfer supporters of the bill directly to their lawmakers’ voicemail boxes so they can leave messages in support of the bill. Call Justin at 617.878.2344 to sign up or send him an email! In the days ahead, you may hear confusing things about this bill.  To be clear, this bill provides vital protections in employment, education, housing, credit, and hate crimes which transgender residents of the Commonwealth desperately need.  The bill is not perfect as it does not include public accommodations protections, but it is a solid civil rights bill that represents an historic step forward in supporting full civil rights protections for the transgender community. Please contact lawmakers today and ask them to vote in favor of this bill. Sincerely Gunner Scott, MTPC Executive Director

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