State Representative Denise C. Garlick represents the 43,000 people of the 13 Norfolk District, comprised of Needham, Dover and Medfield (precincts 1 and 2). She currently serves as the Chair of Bills in Third Reading, which is the final committee legislation must pass before it can be engrossed. She is also serving as the elected Chair of the permanent funded Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities and she is the only legislator serving on the Opioid Trust Fund Advisory Council.
Massachusetts has been a leader on rights for our LGBTQ community members and we have made it clear that discrimination has no place in our state.
LGBTQ rights have always been important to me, as Chair of the LGBTQ Aging Commission and as chief sponsor of the funding for the LGBTQ Youth Commission.
I was proud to vote for the transgender anti-discrimination bill in 2016, which protects transgender people from discrimination in public places, such as restaurants, stores, hospitals, and in restrooms, and encourage everyone to Vote Yes on 3 and uphold this important law.