BREAKING: The Massachusetts Senate has passed the bill protecting transgender rights!

The trans flag flying over Boston City Hall Plaza

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Boston Pride congratulates the Massachusetts Senate for taking this courageous vote to pass an anti-discrimination law for transgender people. We look forward to the House of Representatives also voting in favor of this law to truly make Massachusetts a place where transgender men and woman are fully and equally protected against discrimination.

Read more: Boston Pride’s op-ed on WGBH