Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester is refusing to amend a highly controversial new policy which threatens the privacy and safety of school children. Two weeks ago, the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) quietly
by Adam J. MacLeod and Andrew Beckwith Featured on www.thepublicdiscourse.com March 1st, 2013 Since redefining marriage requires us to deny sexual differences, even school children now have to conform to that principle at the risk of punishment. In
LA LIBERACION INMEDIATA CONTACTO: Andrew Beckwith / andrew@mafamily.org/ 781-569-0400 Proyecto de Ley de sigilio bano se abre banos de muchachas para los ninos, invade la privacidad y amenaza la seguridad de todos los estudiants. Massachusetts comisionado de educacion Mitchell Chester
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ryan Boehm | ryan@mafamily.org Lisa Barstow | lisa@barstowmedia.com Stealth Bathroom Bill opens girls’ bathrooms to boys, invades privacy and threatens all students’ safety. Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester informed grade K-12 school
Last week a judge in Maine finally dispensed some common sense on sex and school bathrooms. Parents of a boy attending a public school in Orono, ME had sued to force the school to allow their son the use of
Last week a federal judge ordered the MA Department of Corrections (DOC) to pay for a sex-change operation for a convicted murderer. The court’s decision stated that it would be ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ to force Robert (“Michelle”) Kosilek to
As parents and children get ready for a new school year, they may be surprised at what is waiting for them. Earlier this summer, MFI learned of efforts by the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and the Transgender Political Coalition to change
Andrew Beckwith, executive vice president for MFI, appeared on The Jeff Katz Show on Thursday, July 5, to discuss the Transgender Bathroom Bill, which took effect on July 1. Listen Now: [audio:https://www.mafamily.org/wp-content/uploads/audio/070512AndrewBeckwithMaFamilyInstitute_bathroom_bill.mp3]
According to the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, the lead advocate for the “Bathroom Bill,” their executive director, Gunner Scott, has been elected to Eastern Bank’s Board of Corporators. His term lasts for 10 years. Gunner Scott has been the director
The Newton Tab reports on Holly Ryan, a “transgender woman” who was born a man, and her appointment as the first openly transgendered woman to Newton’s nine-member Human Rights Commission. Mayor Setti Warren appointed her back in January, with the
