BOSTON – Massachusetts is clearly one of the most Democratic, progressive states in the nation.

But an effort to give transgender people access to the public restrooms and showers of their choice, regardless of their biological gender, appears to be failing in the Bay State as badly as it failed in more conservative places, like Texas and Nevada.

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Opponents of the so-called “Bathroom Bill,” which would extend restroom and shower choice to transgender people in schools, restaurants and other public places, were eagerly watching the clock on Wednesday.

They were hoping the legislation would remain stalled in the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, instead of getting last minute passage on the final day of the legislature’s 2015 session.

And that’s exactly what happened, with several key legislative Democrats having second thoughts about the entire concept.

“There are a lot of members who have reservations,” Democratic state Rep. John Fernandes, co-chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, told the State House News Service.

Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo, a supporter of the legislation, told the State House News Service that many Democrats “need more time to get to a place where they feel comfortable.”

DeLeo said he would not push his fellow Democrats to pass the sensitive legislation.

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“That’s one of those pieces of legislation I think that each lawmaker has to look into their own heart to see how exactly they feel on that particular issue,” he said. “I have not tried to or have applied any pressure to anyone.”

Supporters of the bill seemed to accept the fact that the restroom/shower effort was going nowhere in 2015 and faced a bumpy future in Massachusetts.

“While it is disappointing transgender young people and adults in our state will have to wait longer to see legislation enacted that fully protects them from discrimination, our fight is not over,” said a statement from Freedom Massachusetts Coalition Co-Chairs Kasey Suffredini and Mason Dunn, which was published by the State House News Service.

Massachusetts lawmakers have struggled with the transgender restroom/shower concept for years.

Such a provision was originally included in the 2011 transgender non-discrimination bill dealing with housing and employment rights, but was taken out due to concerns that it would kill the legislation.

“They are really pushing it hard now – the state attorney general, (congressman) Joe Kennedy III and the entire congressional delegation support it, but we’ve been having some success fighting it back,” Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, told EAGnews.

“Just talking about bathrooms and lockers rooms, I think the majority of people would be against it, despite the Boston Globe’s glowing fluff pieces about transgender high school students being treated like everyone else.

“They haven’t interviewed high school girls who may not want a boy changing next to them in the locker room.”