A New York State Senate committee killed a bill today that would have
prohibited discrimination against individuals due to their gender
identity or expression.
The bill, the Gender Expression Non-discrimination Act (or GENDA),
would have included gender identity and expression in the state's list
of qualities protected under the state's Human Rights Law,
which currently include "age, race, creed, color, national origin,
sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
genetic characteristics, or marital status." Though Governor Cuomo
issued an executive order in 2015 that included transgender New Yorkers
in statewide protections, another governor could easily overturn that
order; GENDA hoped to permanently spare transgender New Yorkers
discrimination when it comes to obtaining education, credit, employment,
housing, and public accommodations.
But though GENDA has passed the State Assembly seven times, today the
Senate's Committee on Investigations and Governmental Operations voted
against the bill. Six state senators—five Republicans and one Democract—voted against GENDA. Bronx Senator Ruben Diaz, who announced earlier this month that he'll be running for a City Council seat, was the lone Democrat dissenter. Three committee members voted for the bill.
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Source: Gothamist (via The Empire Report)
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