Possible $50,000 Penalty For Gender-Identity Law Violations, Question 3 Opponent Says

Possible $50,000 Penalty For Gender-Identity Law Violations, Question 3 Opponent Says

People who repeatedly deny services in public accommodations to transgender people could face up to a $50,000 civil penalty under the state's gender identity law, an opponent of the law told a radio talk show host.

Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, appeared on the Howie Carr Show on WRKO AM-680 in Boston on Wednesday night to talk about a Milton beauty parlor called Belle Visage, which refused to perform a bikini wax on a biological male who identifies as a woman.

Possible $50,000 Penalty For Repeatedly Violating Massachusetts Gender Identity Law, No-on-Question-3 Advocate Says
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Possible $50,000 Penalty For Repeatedly Violating Massachusetts Gender Identity Law, No-on-Question-3 Advocate Says

Matthew McDonald

People who repeatedly deny services in public accommodations to transgender people could face up to a $50,000 civil penalty under the state's gender identity law, an opponent of the law told a radio talk show host.

Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, appeared on the Howie Carr Show on WRKO AM-680 in Boston on Wednesday night to talk about a Milton beauty parlor called Belle Visage, which refused to perform a bikini wax on a biological male who identifies as a woman.

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