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Gunner Scott is a founding member and the Director of The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition where he is currently involved in the campaign to pass statewide legislation for gender identity and gender expression protections. He has been involved with the transgender rights movement for the last ten years; is a nationally recognized activist, educator, and community organizer on LGBT health issues, LGBT partner abuse, and addressing access issues for the transgender community. He has written articles for What's Up magazine, Sojourner Women's Forum, and "Agitate and Activate", the introduction to Pinned Down by Pronouns, a 2003 Lambda Literary nominee anthology published by Conviction Books. He was a contributing editor to "Responding to Hate Crimes: A Community Resource Manual" a National Center for Transgender Equality publication and the "Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation" chapter of the 2005 Our Bodies, Ourselves book. He is on the National Board of Advisors for the National Center for Transgender Equality, a former Commissioner on the Massachusetts Commission for GLBT Youth, and the creator of Gender Crash Open Mic, the first ongoing open mic to feature transgender performers in Boston. He is currently conducting an Oral History project entitled Transgender Community Leaders and the "ENDA Crisis" through Goddard College.