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State Sen. Jamie Eldridge urges state action after Fenway Health move, proposes interstate compact to protect trans care
Summary
In a Kelly's Quest interview, State Sen. Jamie Eldridge warned that federal funding threats are pushing some providers away from gender-affirming care and outlined state-level responses including an interstate compact, new nonprofits, and grassroots organizing.
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge said Massachusetts should consider state-level measures to protect transgender residents after recent federal funding threats prompted health providers to reassess services, during an interview on the podcast Kelly's Quest.
Eldridge, a state senator who chairs the judiciary committee as he described in the episode, summarized the two-part public accommodations measures the legislature passed and said opponents quickly framed the protections as a public-safety risk. "The government cannot discriminate against people based on their gender identity," Eldridge said, describing protections for housing and employment and the separate public-accommodations law opponents labeled the "bathroom bill." He called the backlash a politically motivated wedge issue aimed at dividing…
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