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Lawyers for Transgender Rights Event to Feature Rep. Carl Sciortino & Dylan Orr
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is pleased to announce its fourth annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights (LTR) event on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. at The Estate in Boston. Massachusetts Representative Carl Sciortino will be accepting MTPC’s 2013 Transgender Ally Award, and Dylan Orr of the U.S. Department of Labor will [...]
MassEquality Named Leading High-Impact Local Nonprofit by Philanthropedia
Dollars contributed to MassEquality are dollars well spent BOSTON, Massachusetts—MassEquality announce on January 4th that it made Philanthropedia’s list of top nonprofits working locally to advance LGBTQ equality. Philanthropedia is a division of the leading nonprofit information provider GuideStar. Philanthropedia compiled its list by surveying 110 experts working in the field of LGBTQ equality to identify organizations that were [...]
Fenway Releases Video As Part of Transgender Awareness Week
BOSTON, Massachusetts — In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, the LifeSkills project of The Fenway Institute and the Boundless and Living Well series at Fenway Health hosted the debut screening of Fenway’s “I AM: Trans People Speak” video from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14 in the auditorium of Fenway’s 1340 Boylston Street, Boston home. That video is available on [...]
Save the Date: Boston’s Transgender Day of Remembrance
Community Speak-Out, Candlelight Vigil, Hosted Reception BOSTON, Mass. – Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to its family, friends and loved ones lost to violence and prejudice. A tradition inspired by the Allston, MA vigil for slain transsexual Rita Hester in 1998, this day has become the worldwide rallying point for a community [...]
MTPC Releases New Videos Featuring The Theater Offensive Staff
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is excited to announce the release of three new stories as part of their multi-media public education campaign entitled I AM: Trans People Speak. The new videos come from four members of The Theater Offensive (TTO) Staff. TTO engages local community members in creating art that gives voice [...]
¡Vamos a celebrar nuestro Orgullo LGBT!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– ¡El mes de Orgullo ya esta aquí! Desde Junio del 2011 hasta ahora han pasado tantas cosas en nuestra comunidad LGBT como en la comunidad LGBT Latina. Durante este mes de orgullo vamos a celebrar estos acontecimientos y llenarnos de energías para continuar la lucha por nuestra igualdad. Lo acontecido [...]
Boston Pride Announces 2012 Marshals for Boston Pride Parade
Boston– May 3, 2012 –Boston Pride is pleased to announce that Mix 104.1’s Fast Freddy and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition have been named Grand Marshals of the 2012 Boston Pride Parade. Additionally, the late Brendan Burke has been chosen as an Honorary Marshal. The Boston Pride Parade is a march to celebrate and promote [...]
LAPD New Transgender Inclusive Policies For Police Interaction & Prison Detainment, MTPC reacts
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Reporter– Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department announced new policies regarding transgender individuals, signed into effect by Chief Charlie Beck. These policies are meant to improve police interactions with transgender people, both inside and outside of jail. According to the Transgender Law Center, the new policies mandate police officers to treat transgender [...]
MTPC 3rd Annual Lawyers for Trans Rights Awards Robert A. DeLeo
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event was held on Thursday, April 12th at The Estate in Boston. House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo was awarded MTPC’s 2012 Transgender Ally Award. House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop) has represented the 19th Suffolk District, including the Town of the [...]
MA House Speaker to Keynote 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights Event
Boston, MA —The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is excited to announce its third annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event on Thursday, April 12th at 6 p.m. at The Estate in Boston. Massachusetts. House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo will be accepting MTPC’s 2012 Transgender Ally Award and offering brief remarks. “We are honored and thrilled [...]
GLAAD and MTPC Launch “I AM: Trans People Speak” Video Series
Laverne Cox, Isis King, Noah Lewis & Kit Yan Share Their Stories; GLAAD and MTPC Project Calls for Transgender People and Allies to Speak Out New York, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), announced the upcoming national launch of [...]
Eastern Bank appoints LGBT community leaders to corporate boards
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In a move that further plants its business ethos within the gay community, a local financial institution has appointed three LGBT community leaders to serve on corporate boards. Eastern Bank named Kara Suffredini, executive director of Mass Equality, and Gunner Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), as [...]
MTPC’s former co-chair: Openly transgender woman to be appointed NHRC
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is pleased to announce that Holly Ryan, a former chair of MTPC, has been appointed to the Newton Human Rights Commission by Mayor Setti Warren. Ms. Ryan was approved by the full board of Aldermen on February 21, 2012 and her term is for three years. Ms. [...]
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Launches National Media Project
Organization to unveil “I AM: Trans People Speak COMMUNITY” at Feb. 18th launch party Boston, MA — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) will be launching the new “I AM: Trans People Speak COMMUNITY” campaign on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at the Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain, MA and the on the new website, http://www.community.transpeople.org, on the same [...]
New book highlights the experiences of transgender people
Coinciding with the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, an event held every November 20 to recognizes individuals who have been murdered in the previous year because of their gender identity or expression, a new book details the experiences of transgender people today. Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin’s The Lives of Transgender People (Columbia University Press, 2011) is [...]
