Massachusetts Gov. Healey’s transgender pick for Women’s Commission stirs identity row

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey’s August appointment of Black transgender activist Giselle Byrd to the 19-member Commission on the Status of Women has sparked national backlash over inclusivity versus biological representation. Critics call it a betrayal of women’s spaces; supporters hail it as progress.The bipartisan Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, created in 1998, …