Attorney General Maura Healey said it's time for lawmakers to vote on a bill to protect transgender people.Watch the reportHealey met with transgender children and their families Tuesday to help build support for a bill currently before lawmakers on Beacon Hill.It would protect transgender people from discrimination in public places, including restaurants, hotels and gyms, and allow them to use public rest rooms associated with their gender identity."I am not only fighting for myself and the other trans people around me," said Nicole Talbot, a 14-year-old who came to the Attorney General's Office Tuesday. "I am fighting for the future generation and all the transgender people to come, and I think that's what's important."Her mother Jeannie says this is about fairness and putting and end to fear. "Transgender people just want to live their lives. This is about equality for everyone," she said.Both the Senate president and House speaker support the bill.There's enough support in both the House and Senate to pass the it, but it's unclear if there are enough votes for an override if Gov. Charlie Baker were to veto it."Governor Baker supports the 2011 legislation that expanded protections to transgender individuals and believes no one should be discriminated against," a statement issued by his office said. "He looks forward to reviewing additional legislation should it reach his desk."

Attorney General Maura Healey said it's time for lawmakers to vote on a bill to protect transgender people.



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Healey met with transgender children and their families Tuesday to help build support for a bill currently before lawmakers on Beacon Hill.



It would protect transgender people from discrimination in public places, including restaurants, hotels and gyms, and allow them to use public rest rooms associated with their gender identity.



"I am not only fighting for myself and the other trans people around me," said Nicole Talbot, a 14-year-old who came to the Attorney General's Office Tuesday. "I am fighting for the future generation and all the transgender people to come, and I think that's what's important."



Her mother Jeannie says this is about fairness and putting and end to fear. "Transgender people just want to live their lives. This is about equality for everyone," she said.



Both the Senate president and House speaker support the bill.



There's enough support in both the House and Senate to pass the it, but it's unclear if there are enough votes for an override if Gov. Charlie Baker were to veto it.



"Governor Baker supports the 2011 legislation that expanded protections to transgender individuals and believes no one should be discriminated against," a statement issued by his office said. "He looks forward to reviewing additional legislation should it reach his desk."