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Arline Isaacson
Arline Isaacson is an American gay rights activist, political consultant and lobbyist who is the current co-chair of the Massachusetts GLBTQ Political Caucus (formerly the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus) and the Massachusetts Coalition to Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors. She has been described to be one of the key figures in the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. In 1989, Isaacson was an advocate for a civil rights bill in Massachusetts that prohibited the discrimination of a person on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public accommodation. The bill was signed into law on November 15 of that year by Governor Michael Dukakis. In 2003, she served as a lobbyist for MassEquality in the landmark ''Goodridge v. Department of Public Health'' Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legal case. In 2010, Isaacson opened her own political consultancy firm, Isaacson Political Consultants. Prior to this, she worked as a lobbyist for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts GLBTQ Political Caucus
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau-estimated population of 7,136,171, its highest estimated count ever, Massachusetts is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization. The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims of ''Mayflower''. In 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, taking its name from the Indigenous Massachusett people, also established settlements in Boston and Salem. In 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |