HB 6599: An Act Concerning Discrimination passed the CT Senate on June 4, 2011.

Will you thank your state representative and senator if they voted in support of the bill? The quick and easy steps are below.

STEP 1: Identify your state representative & state senator

It's quick and easy. Just go to Project Vote Smart and enter your full address and zip code in the search bar at the top of the page. Your legislators will be listed under the header "Current Officials" and the subheader "State Legislative."

STEP 2: See how they voted

House vote

Senate vote

STEP 3: Thank them for their support of full equality in gender identity and gender expression for all CT Residents.

HOUSE: Click here for a list of all members of the House of reprentatives and their contact info.

SENATE: Click here for contact info for senators who voted for HB 6599.

--PLEASE DO NOT CALL LEGISLATORS' HOMES BEFORE 9 A.M. OR AFTER 8 P.M.--

The following legislators spoke in support of the bill during their chamber's debate. Be sure to extend them an extra thank you:

Rep. Gerry Fox (Assembly District 146, Stamford)
Rep. Linda Schofield (Assembly District 16, Simsbury)
Rep. Brendan Sharkey (Assembly District 88, Hamden)
Rep. Richard Roy (Assembly District 119, Milford)
Rep. Mary Mushinski (Assembly District 83, Wallingford)
Gary Holder-Winfield (Assembly District 94, New Haven)

Rep. Kim Fawcett (Assembly District 133, Fairfield and Westport)
Sen. Eric Coleman
(Senate District S02, Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor)
Sen. Beth Bye
(Senate District S05, Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington & West Hartford)
Sen. Steve Cassano
(Senate District S04, Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester & Marlborough)
Sen. Terry Gerratana
(Senate District S06, Berlin, Farmington & New Britain)
Sen. Edward Meyer
(Senate District S12 Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison & North Branford)
Sen. Martin Looney
(Senate District S11, New Haven & Hamden
Sen. Don Williams (Senate District S29, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson & Windham)

STEP 4

Forward this page or a link to it to everyone you know in CT who is pro-equality!

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