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The Daily Free Press

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Massachusetts State Senator Karen Spilka proposes having a third gender option on state issued IDs. PHOTO

Massachusetts proposes bill to add third gender identity to state-issued IDs

Anu Sawhney October 31, 2017

A new bill proposed in Massachusetts could make it possible for residents to choose a third gender option, “X,” when being issued state identification. If the legislation passes, Massachusetts...

Boston city councilors voted Wednesday to double their term length from four to eight years. The vote also resulted in a law that will limit candidates to only run for one municipal election at a time. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State legislators consider physician-assisted suicide

Lexi Peery October 29, 2015

As part of an ongoing national conversation about the ethics of allowing terminally ill patients to die on their own terms, state legislators considered a bill about physician-assisted suicide at a Tuesday...

The Massachusetts State Legislature held a hearing Tuesday to discuss a bill that would make gender identity a protected class. PHOTO BY ESTHER RO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Strong testimony for Mass. transgender hearing bills

Maddie Domenichella October 8, 2015

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III testified before a Massachusetts State Legislature committee at a Tuesday hearing  in support of two bills that would make gender...

EDITORIAL: Let's talk about sex (education)

EDITORIAL: Let’s talk about sex (education)

Editors September 9, 2015

As students at Boston University, we are a part of what tends to be a sex-positive community. We have been given insight into LGBT rights by way of FYSOP groups, on-campus clubs and interactions with people...

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