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Wednesday, June 6th
Transgender Health Fair

The LGBT Center in Manhattan, transgender men and women had the opportunity to get free health screenings for cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, and more.

 

Sunday, June 19th 2-6 p.m.
NYC LGBT Pride Rally
Pauline Park to speak as Grand Marshall
For more info, http://www.hopinc.org/events/rally.cfm
Bryant Park (42nd Street and 6th Avenue)

Saturday, June 4th 12-8 p.m.
Staten Island LGBT Pride Parade & Festival
Join us at this 1st ever event!
Call Allyson at 718-273-5833 for more information
Pride Parade at 12 noon from the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Pride Festival following parade at Midland Beach Picnic Area

Tuesday, May 24th all day
“LGBT Equality & Justice Day”
Speak directly to legislators over lunch and rally for your rights.
(Empire State Pride Agenda; co-sponsored by NYAGRA and many others) Registration required at www.prideagenda.org or call Julie Guerrero at 212-627-0305. Albany, NY (car pools will be arranged by Pride Agenda)

Saturday, May 21st 3-5 p.m.
NYAGRA Community meeting
Share your thoughts with NYAGRA and make new friends
The Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC

Tuesday, April 19th 7-9pm - New York City's transgender rights law:
NYAGRA Forum on Implementation Guidelines for the NYC Transgender Rights Law: a public forum on guidelines for implementation of Local Law 3 of 2002 (Int. No. 24)

Kimmel Center, Rm. 808 / New York University / 60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Panelists will discuss and explain Local Law 3 of 2002 (Int. No. 24) which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity & expression in employment, housing & public accommodations, and answer questions about the guidelines and implications for city agencies, employers, landlords, providers of public accommodations, and for transgendered & gender-variant people themselves.

Panelists:
Hon. Bill Perkins,
Council Member
Avery Mehlman, deputy commissioner, NYC Commission on Human Rights
Matt Foreman, executive director, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Pauline Park, co-chair, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)
Michael Silverman, executive director, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF)
Melissa Sklarz, president, Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID)

Co-sponsored by NYAGRA, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID), the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC, the Out People of Color Political Action Club (OutPOCPAC) and the Women of Color Policy Network at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.


THE 12TH ORIGINAL GLBT EXPO
JACOB JAVITS CENTER, NYC
FEBRUARY 26-27TH, 2005


NYAGRA 6th anniversary
3-5 p.m.
Saturday, October 23

GMHC
(Tisch Building, 12th floor)
119 W. 24th St.
Manhattan

Come join the fabulous drag divas Yolanda, Tina Benez & Clover Honey as they celebrate the 6th anniversary of the founding of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy.  NYAGRA has been on the frontlines of the gender revolution, leading the successful campaign for the NYC TG rights law; join in the fun & festivities & support the continued fight for freedom of gender identity & expression for all.  Admission is complimentary with a tax deductable donation, membership or renewal. 

3-5 p.m. on Saturday, October 23 at GMHC (Tisch Building, 4th floor), 119 W. 24th St. in Manhattan.  For more info., call Mike Borriello at
(718) 499-0928 or e-mail him at (mikeborriello@yahoo.com).


NYAGRA, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) & the Gender Identity Project (GIP) of the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan

Present the second in the series of meetings to discuss access to health care for transgendered and gender-variant people. 

At the Center (Rm. 310) from 6:30-9 p.m. on Tuesday, October, 19, so do mark your calendars & join us for this important discussion. 


Thursday, August 19th , 7pm Transgender Health Care Town Meeting
at the Center,
208 West 13th Street.
Join NYAGRA, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and The Center
for the first in a series of community meetings on transgender health care.
Share experiences and help create  a strategy to improve and insure this vital civil right.
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