Transgender rights bill gains ground on Beacon Hill

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/09/13/greater-boston-businesses-support-transgender-rights/wFristGZJbF1Ezp4pyo52M/story.html

Boston Globe/By Laura Krantz Globe Staff  September 14, 2015

"A growing number of businesses as well as the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce are throwing support behind a bill aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in parks, shops, restaurants, on the subway, and in other public places.

Although the measure lacks support from Governor Charlie Baker, momentum is accelerating on Beacon Hill, and proponents last week added more than 50 businesses to the list of backers, advocates said.
"I can't pretend to understand the medical, societal, psychological issues that transgender people deal with, but we have laws on the books that enable discrimination and we should fix that," said James E. Rooney, president and chief executive of the chamber."

Wow, I think of Massachusetts  as such a progressive place. Surprised to find they're behind my own state in the area of Trans rights.