Groups ratchet up push for transgender bill

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker and some lawmakers are refusing to budge on a bill that would give transgender people access to public restrooms and locker rooms based on their sexual identity rather than their physical gender, despite increased pressure from activists. Nicknamed by conservatives as the "bathroom bill," the measure would expand a 2011 law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender people by extending that protection to cover access to public accommodations. Baker has be

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker and some lawmakers are refusing to budge on a bill that would give transgender people access to public restrooms and locker rooms based on their sexual identity rather than their physical gender, despite increased pressure from activists. Nicknamed by conservatives as the "bathroom bill," the measure would expand a 2011 law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender people by extending that protection to cover access to public accommodations. Baker has be…