Transgender bathroom-access debate heats up in NC

BOSTON – While Beacon Hill lawmakers have kept back a proposed law that would ensure access for transgender people to public accommodations based on how they identify sexually, legislative and legal debates over similar "Bathroom Bills" have heated up recently nationwide. In North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, drew widespread rebukes after he signed a bill into law last week that bans local municipalities from passing their own Bathroom Bills. The measure also requires transgender p

BOSTON – While Beacon Hill lawmakers have kept back a proposed law that would ensure access for transgender people to public accommodations based on how they identify sexually, legislative and legal debates over similar "Bathroom Bills" have heated up recently nationwide. In North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, drew widespread rebukes after he signed a bill into law last week that bans local municipalities from passing their own Bathroom Bills. The measure also requires transgender p…