We’ve come a good way towards establishing legal protections
for transgender people in New England in the past several years. In 2011, both
Connecticut and Massachusetts added gender identity to their
anti-discrimination laws, joining Rhode Island (2001), Maine (2005) and Vermont
(2007) in providing protections in employment, housing and credit, and, in
all but Massachusetts, public accommodations (like restaurants, bars,
parks, stores, hospitals, shelters, etc.).
