I can’t find any news coverage on this so it will have to be a twitter summary.

On November 15, 2025, Governor Maura Healey appointed Giselle Byrd, a Black transgender woman and executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, alongside 14 other new commissioners. The commission, established in 1965, advises on gender equity policies to combat discrimination and expand opportunities for women and girls in the state. Byrd’s expertise in transgender rights and HIV prevention for marginalized communities supports the state’s inclusive approach, though the appointment has sparked online backlash from conservatives and support from LGBTQ+ advocates.

Oh shut up, twitter. It is NOT only conservatives who object to being “inclusive” of men in commissions on the status of women. Men who pretend to be women do not belong on a Commission on the Status of Women.

The man, of course, is the absurdly gaudy hyper-“feminine” one with the flowing locks of hair and the dagger-like hot pink fingernails and at least four items of heavy gaudy jewelry and the tight sexy dress. The man is the parody. It is insulting to include him on the commission instead of an actual woman.