{"id":349,"date":"2016-02-16T16:24:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T21:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/diversityinclusionma\/?p=349"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:26:17","slug":"trans-public-accommodation-bill-soars-in-support-but-remains-in-legislative-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/diversityinclusionma\/2016\/02\/16\/trans-public-accommodation-bill-soars-in-support-but-remains-in-legislative-limbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Public Accommodation Bill Soars in Support but Remains in Legislative Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender Public Accommodation Bill activists have secured the support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2016\/02\/07\/transgender-community-deserves-equal-access\/cFQuzp5CDOrf2yBJWZIZnL\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly 200 businesses and organizations<\/a>, more than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2015\/11\/30\/for-now-transgender-bill-stalls-beacon-hill\/FlXdEa3Ryv3tWviphg1iPO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dozen police chiefs<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2015\/11\/30\/for-now-transgender-bill-stalls-beacon-hill\/FlXdEa3Ryv3tWviphg1iPO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state\u2019s congressional delegation<\/a>. Still, despite the Bill\u2019s rapidly growing support in Massachusetts, which, as of late includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/12\/us\/new-englands-top-sports-teams-support-transgender-bill.html?_r=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England\u2019s top professional sports teams<\/a>, the Transgender Public Accommodation Bill still sits in limbo while Speaker Robert DeLeo works to ensure a veto-proof level of support in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the State House News Service, Speaker DeLeo <a href=\"http:\/\/sharon.wickedlocal.com\/article\/20160206\/NEWS\/160207113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters in early February<\/a>\u00a0that while he\u2019s in full support of the legislation, he is talking with lawmakers who have specific concerns about the bill and suggested last week that he wants to see whether there\u2019s enough support to override the veto, should Governor Baker refuse to sign it. \u00a0Those concerns are not unfounded, as <a href=\"http:\/\/wwlp.com\/2016\/01\/12\/baker-sticks-with-uncommitted-stance-on-transgender-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Governor Baker has not yet said<\/a> whether he would sign the bill and continues to punt on the issue. During an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2010, he dismissed similar legislation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2015\/11\/30\/for-now-transgender-bill-stalls-beacon-hill\/FlXdEa3Ryv3tWviphg1iPO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledged to veto it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The waiting game continues, and this Bill remains one to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender Public Accommodation Bill activists have secured the support of nearly 200 businesses and organizations, more than a dozen police chiefs, and the state&rsquo;s congressional delegation. Still, despite the Bill&rsquo;s rapidly growing support in Massachusetts, which, as of late includes New England&rsquo;s top professional sports teams, the Transgender Public Accommodation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trans Public Accommodation Bill Soars in Support but Remains in Legislative Limbo - The Case for Inclusion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/diversityinclusionma\/2016\/02\/16\/trans-public-accommodation-bill-soars-in-support-but-remains-in-legislative-limbo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trans Public Accommodation Bill Soars in Support but Remains in Legislative Limbo - The Case for Inclusion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transgender Public Accommodation Bill activists have secured the support of nearly 200 businesses and organizations, more than a dozen police chiefs, and the state&rsquo;s congressional delegation. 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