DAVID P. LINSKY
Massachusetts State Representative
5th Middlesex House District
Natick - Wayland
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Representative Linsky has spent his entire career fighting to ensure that everyone in the Commonwealth is treated equally. He is incredibly proud of his role in leading the fight for the passage of marriage equality in 2003 and 2004, making Massachusetts the first in the nation to legalize equal marriage. He continues to be an advocate for equal rights regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability across all of his work in the Legislature.
Representative Linsky has also been a longtime supporter of reproductive rights and, in 2021, he signed an amicus brief in support of legal abortion in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization. The brief, which 897 state legislators signed, represents the strongest ever recorded of state legislators supporting legal abortion nationwide. David also frequently co-sponsors bills in the House of Representatives that would expand protections for reproductive rights,
gender-affirming care, and equality in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is honored to be endorsed for re-election by the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund in recognition of his tireless work advocating for reproductive healthcare.
Representative Linsky is also deeply concerned about the weaponization of federal immigration enforcement against immigrant communities in the Commonwealth. In response to this, he is working to support and protect these vulnerable communities. As a member of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, he was proud to have been a strong advocate in the development and passage of the PROTECT Act, one of the most comprehensive state immigration protection laws in the country, which was advanced in this 194th legislative session. This legislation protects people from unlawful detainment by immigration agents in public spaces such as schools, healthcare facilities, and places of worship, bans state and local police from working with ICE, and allows people to pursue civil action against federal agents.
Pictured: Representative Linsky was recognized in April 2024 for his work 20 years ago in making Massachusetts the first state in the nation to recognize equal marriage, along with many other legislators including Representative Sarah Peake.