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(NECN) - Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick wants to make sure transgender state workers won't be discriminated against.

The governor signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from making hiring decisions based on gender identity.

"It was brought to my attention by some of the advocates that there was a gap, and the gap was in transgender people, and it was an easy add, and I am happy to do it," he said. "There is a bill that has been moving through the legislature for a couple of years and I support that bill and I hope we'll get that bill out of the legislature and onto my desk this session."

The executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Caucus calls the move "significant."