Int. No. 24 (text to the NYC transgender rights law)
Int. No. 24 By Council Members Perkins, Lopez, Quinn, Reed, the Speaker (Council Member Miller), Moskowitz, Rodriguez, Boyland, Avella, Davis, DeBlasio, Gennaro, Gerson, Katz, Koppell, Liu, McMahon, Monserrate, Rivera, Sears, Weprin, Brewer and Barron; also Council Members Addabbo Jr., Martinez and Yassky. A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to gender-based discrimination. Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The City Council finds and declares that it is in the interest of the City of New York to protect its citizens from discrimination. Discrimination, prejudice, intolerance and bigotry directly and profoundly threaten the rights and freedom of New Yorkers. The City Council established the Human Rights Law to protect its inhabitants from these dangers. Included in the City’s Human Rights Law is a prohibition of discrimination against individuals based on gender. The scope of this gender-based protection, however, requires clarification. This local law is intended to make [...]
The Man Who Would Be Queen
Book Review by Pauline Park, Ph.D. The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism by J. Michael Bailey, Joseph Henry Press, $24.95 What is the most horrifying outcome one can imagine from the story of a feminine boy who loves everything girlish? That he should grow up to identify as a transgendered woman? Clearly, this is the fear that animates J. Michael Bailey in his latest book, The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism. Bailey, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, has been published widely in academic journals and is most famous for his studies of sexual orientation in twins. His new book, released in mid-March, has already created a stir, which may be exactly what Bailey intended. A primary aim of Bailey's book is to challenge the distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity and expression that has become commonplace in the LGBT community. "The standard lecture is that sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender role [...]
NYAGRA letter to NYS Senate Majority Leader Bruno
NYAGRA letter to NYS Senate Majority Leader Bruno re DASA & safe schools legislation (6.13.2003) New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy 24 W. 25th St., 9th floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 675-3288, ext. 266 Hon. Joseph L. Bruno Senate Majority Leader & President Pro Tem New York State Senate 909 Legislative Office Building Albany, NY 12247 13 June 2003 Dear Senator, I am writing to urge the New York State Senate in the final days of the 2003 session to meet with the New York State Assembly and reconcile the Senate Majority’s Schools as Safe Harbors Act (S.4023) with the Dignity for All Students Act (A.1118 / S.1925) so that every New York student can be protected from bias harassment and bullying in schools. The New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy is the first statewide transgender advocacy organization in New York, and we advocate on behalf of transgendered and gender-variant people throughout the state. NYAGRA is a member of the Dignity for All Students Coalition, a consortium of over 170 community groups statewide [...]
NYAGRA letter to NYS Senate Majority Leader Bruno re DASA & safe schools legislation (6.13.2003)
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy 24 W. 25th St., 9th floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 675-3288, ext. 266 www.nyagra.com Hon. Joseph L. Bruno Senate Majority Leader & President Pro Tem New York State Senate 909 Legislative Office Building Albany, NY 12247 13 June 2003 Dear Senator, I am writing to urge the New York State Senate in the final days of the 2003 session to meet with the New York State Assembly and reconcile the Senate Majority’s Schools as Safe Harbors Act (S.4023) with the Dignity for All Students Act (A.1118 /S.1925) so that every New York student can be protected from bias harassment and bullying in schools. The New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy is the first statewide transgender advocacy organization in New York, and we advocate on behalf of transgendered and gender-variant people throughout the state. NYAGRA is a member of the Dignity for All Students Coalition, a consortium of over 170 community groups statewide committed to ending bias-harassment and discrimination in the state’s public [...]
The Making of a Movement: The Story of the Successful Campaign for a Transgender Rights Law in New York City
The 8th Annual Mark E. Ouderkirk Lecture The Museum of the City of New York 27 June 2002 photo by Andres Duque Introduction It is indeed a high honor as well as a great pleasure to speak to you today. I would like to thank the hard-working staff of the Museum of the City of New York, including Lavinia Mancuso and David Spiher, who made this happen, and Steve Turtell, who first suggested my name for this event and who has since moved onto the South Street Seaport Museum. I am particularly honored to be the first openly transgendered person to deliver the Ouderkirk lecture, and I am delighted that the Ouderkirk family and the Museum have chosen this occasion to change the name of the event permanently to the Mark E. Ouderkirk Memorial Lecture for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Programming. It is appropriate and fitting that the occasion of my speech should serve as the catalyst for the change in the name of the event to make it transgender-inclusive in name as it has become in fact, and this small but significant alteration is ironically enough an illustration [...]
