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Faculty Member Organizes Pro-Transgender Walkout By Students at Public School on Election Day

Matthew McDonald

A high school chorus director organized a walkout of 93 students at a western Massachusetts high school on Tuesday morning – Election Day – to support transgender people.

A ballot question in Massachusetts, Question 3, asks voters whether they want to keep or end a state statute that allows transgender people access to public bathrooms and locker rooms meant for the biological sex they identify with, even if it doesn't correspond to their biological sex.

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Dracut Town Meeting Shoots Down Full Pay for Town Employees on Military Duty

Matthew McDonald

Town Meeting voters in Dracut have rejected a proposal to pay town employees their full salary while they're away on military duty.

Massachusetts law allows towns to pay members of the military their regular salary while they're away on duty, but only if the town approves.

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