GenderPAC Cheers Maine Rights Bill
~ Governor Signs Law Making Maine 6th State to Protect Gender Identity


WASHINGTON (March 31, 2005) The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC) today congratulated the state of Maine for affirming in a new law that Mainers will not tolerate discrimination based on gender identity. Gender identity refers to an individual's fundamental sense of themselves as masculine or feminine, male or female.