Massachusetts Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Initiative

Massachusetts Question 3, 2018
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Veto Referendum
Voting systemFirst Past the Post
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 1,806,742 67.82%
No 857,401 32.18%
Valid votes 2,664,143 96.78%
Invalid or blank votes 88,522 3.22%
Total votes 2,752,665 100.00%
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Initiative is a state-wide referendum passed by Massachusetts voters in the 6 November 2018 mid-term election that prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of gender identity. The vote upholds language which was already present in the state anti-discrimination statute, defeating an attempt to veto it by public referendum. It is the first state-wide anti-discrimination statute passed by referendum supporting transgender rights in the United States.

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