Apr 24th, 2009 - Boston
CONCORD, N.H. - Former corrections officer Toni Maviki choked on her words as she described being pummeled against a concrete wall by a fellow guard who learned she was transitioning from being a man to being a woman.
The 52-year-old from Danbury filed complaints that led to further harassment until finally quitting her job, she testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday on legislation to extend antidiscrimination law protections to transgender people.
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