People who repeatedly deny services in public accommodations to transgender people could face up to a $50,000 civil penalty under the state's gender identity law, an opponent of the law told a radio talk show host.
Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, appeared on the Howie Carr Show on WRKO AM-680 in Boston on Wednesday night to talk about a Milton beauty parlor called Belle Visage, which refused to perform a bikini wax on a biological male who identifies as a woman.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Republican challenger Jay McMahon clashed on guns, the state's gender-identity law, the president's travel ban, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and whether the criminal justice system is racist during a debate Wednesday.
Healey, a Democrat finishing her first term who lives in Charlestown, and McMahon, a criminal defense lawyer who lives in Bourne, appeared on WGBH-TV Channel 2 in the debate, which was moderated by Jim Braude and Margery Eagan.
