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From left to right, Sophie Godley, Mason Dunn, Jennifer Siegel and Iris Olson partake in a panel on the transgender rights ballot question in November’s Massachusetts general election. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL SAUNDERS

Panel at School of Public Health addresses the fight for transgender rights on the ballot

Hannah Edelman September 17, 2018
Transgender individuals in Massachusetts may be legally required to use public accommodations designed for their sex at birth in a few months. Seven years after Massachusetts passed an anti-discrimination law permitting people to use accommodations of their gender identity, the law may be repealed.

SCOTUS decision a win for same-sex marriage

Daily Free Press Admin June 27, 2013

In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court  issued a decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, opening the path for gay married couples to receive federal benefits...

Many BU students support historic same-sex Supreme Court case

Daily Free Press Admin March 27, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a second round of arguments Wednesday over a same-sex marriage case that has the potential to determine the future of same-sex marriage in the country. Several Boston...

EDIT: The issue wit Proposition 8

Daily Free Press Admin March 27, 2013

This week the Supreme Court is reviewing the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a controversial California ban on same-sex marriages passed via a 2008 ballot question. The arguments before the Court yesterday...

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