Senator sees further hold-up on transgender bill
By Kyle Cheney/Statehouse News Service
GateHouse News Service
Posted May 06, 2010 @ 05:12 PM
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BOSTON —
A bill supporters say will protect transgender people from hiring and housing discrimination, but derided by opponents as an invitation for men to use women's bathrooms, will again be held in committee for at least another month, a state senator said Thursday.
The bill, currently due for a committee report Friday, will instead undergo review until at least early June, Sen. Cynthia Creem (D-Newton) told the News Service after a Thursday Senate session.
Creem, who co-chairs the Judiciary Committee, which has had jurisdiction over the transgender bill since January 2009, said some of the committee's 17 members still had questions about the bill even though it is widely supported in both branches of the Legislature, including by House Speaker Robert DeLeo.