NH Senate takes up marriage bill
(Concord, New Hampshire) The New Hampshire Senate this week will hold public hearings on a bill that would amend the state’s same-sex civil union law to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
So many people are expected to attend the hearings the Senate has moved Wednesday’s meeting to a larger …
Trans rights bills advance on two coasts
(Concord, New Hampshire) Bills that would protect the rights of transgendered people have advanced in New Hampshire and Washington.
In New Hampshire, the House approved by one vote a bill that would amend the state’s anti-discrimination law to include trans people. Wednesday night’s vote came a month after the House turned …
N.H. gay bills move to house vote
(Concord, New Hampshire) New Hampshire lawmakers will vote next week on two LGBT rights bills – one that would allow same-sex couples to marry and one extending the state’s human rights laws to include protections for transpeople.
The House Judiciary Committee deadlocked 10-10 on both bills in votes Tuesday, meaning both …
NH gay bill shelved
(Concord, New Hampshire) A bill that would have mandated that partners in civil unions be added to all state insurance laws was put on hold just as House committee was about to hold a hearing on the measure.
Rep. Edward Butler (D), the bill’s sponsor, pulled the legislation, saying …
