Monday, December 21, 2015

Stronger Protections Put in Place for Transgender New Yorkers

 
New York City’s human rights commission on Monday announced stronger protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people, in an effort to strengthen the rights of those in a community that has often been subjected to discrimination, harassment and violence, city officials said. 

The commission’s new guidance on gender identity and gender expression protections now provides explicit examples of what is deemed discrimination under the NYC Human Rights Law. The move to detail what is considered discrimination makes NYC’s law one of the toughest in the nation. 

“Today’s new guidelines strengthen those laws by ensuring that every transgender and gender non-conforming person in New York receives the dignity and respect they deserve,” Mayor de Blasio said Monday. 

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Source: NBC News

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