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In the run-up to its first lobby day, the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) held a meeting April 23 at the Democracy Center in Cambridge to talk to supporters about the pending legislation to make the state's non-discrimination and hate crimes statutes trans-inclusive and to train them to lobby in support of the bill. The meeting was part of a series organized by MTPC across the state; the organization has already held meetings in Northampton and Worcester, and it will hold another meeting in Lowell April 28. Gunner Scott, who this year replaced Diego Sanchez as one of the co-chairs of MTPC, told the audience of about 30 supporters in Cambridge that MTPC's lobby day, scheduled for May 15, will be a landmark in the transgender rights struggle in Massachusetts.