Jerimarie Liesegang directs the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition.

Brett-Genny Janiczek Beemyn directs the Stonewall Center: A Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Educational Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Holly Ryan is co-chair of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition with Gunner Scott.

Massachusetts state Rep. Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Medford, sponsored a bill to include gender identity in the state’s anti-discrimination and hate crime laws.

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Howard Bayless is chairman of Equality Alabama, based in Birmingham, which works on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.

A 2006 Pew report shows some shifting of views, such as on whether homosexuality is innate or can be changed.

A 2003 report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that religion is a fundamental component of Americans’ opposition to homosexuality.

A March 2011 survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press showed that support for gay marriage continues to rise and is statistically equal to opposition to gay marriage.