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Mass. stalled antibullying guide under Romney

Objections to writing ‘transgender,’ ‘bisexual’

By Murray Waas and Christopher Rowland

 |  Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff  

  June 12, 2012

Stifling the guide’s publication was among steps former Governor Mitt Romney and his aides took during his last year in office to distance the Republican governor from state programs designed to support gays, lesbians and bisexual and transgendered people. His critics said it was part of an obvious effort to court social conservatives as he prepared to run for president in 2008.

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