BOSTON –Scores of transgender activists flooded the State House Thursday for a rally in support of pending legislation that promises to expand the state's anti-discrimination law to add protections for transgender people in places of "public accommodation."
Supporters of the measure, sponsored by Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Boston) and Rep. Denise Provost (D-Somerville), say the bill (H 1577, S 735) will protect transgender people from discrimination in public places such as movie theaters and restaurants.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton is touting a plan to address "gouging" in the pharmaceutical industry after huge price increases in some drugs, the Associated Press reported.
Clinton's statements on Twitter came after news that drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of a 53-year-old generic medication for a potentially deadly parasitic infection from less than $20 per pill to $750.
