Transgender bill becomes hot button issue
by Hannah Clay Wareham
Staff Reporter
Wednesday Apr 21, 2010
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Amid accusations of waffling, an anti-discrimination bill may have surprising influence in Massachusetts' gubernatorial race.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker pledged on Saturday, April 17, that he would veto the Transgender Civil Rights Bill if elected, despite having overseen a similar policy enacted when he was employed as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. Baker's pick for lieutenant governor, openly gay Sen. Richard Tisei, is a co-sponsor of the bill.