previously reported, the bill was considered dead just weeks ago before activists from the TransLatin@ Coalition put pressure on health committee lawmakers to bring it up for a vote.
After the health committee, the bill had to go through appropriations before it could be sent to the Senate floor. "I feel good that AB 2218 passed through," Bamby Salcedo, a trans Latina immigrant woman who is the president and CEO of the coalition, said in a phone interview with the B.A.R.
August 20. "I think this is definitely a sign that shows when people mobilize and participate in their right to participate, changes are created.
When you call people directly, people are able to use their heart and see the need for trans people to have some sort of dignity.