‘news-release’ Archives
NYS Senate Passes Dignity for All Students Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 June 2010 For more info., contact: Pauline Park Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) 24 W. 25th St., 9th floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 675-3288, ext.338 (718) 424-4003 paulinepark@earthlink.net On the evening of Tuesday, June 22, the New York State Senate passed the Dignity for All Students Act -- safe schools legislation that would prohibit discrimination and bias-based harassment in schools throughout the state -- by a vote of 58-3. Governor David Paterson has pledged to sign the bill -- which has already passed the Assembly -- into law once it cleared the Senate. "This landmark legislation was ten years in the making and is the first statute enacted by the New York state legislature that includes gender identity and expression," said Pauline Park, chair of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy. NYAGRA was -- along with the Empire State Pride Agenda and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) -- one of the co-founding members of the NYS DASA Coalition, which spearheaded the [...]
transgender health care provider protocol
Transgender Health Initiative of New York (THINY) Policy & Protocol for Serving Transgendered Patients In its broadest sense, the transgender community encompasses anyone whose identity or behavior falls outside of stereotypical gender norms. Transgender has become an “umbrella” term that is used to describe a wide range of identities and experiences, including preoperative, postoperative, and nonoperative transsexual people, male and female crossdressers and those referred to as “transvestites,” “drag queens,” or “drag kings”. The term transgender can also refer to intersex individuals, and men and women whose appearance or characteristics are perceived to be gender-atypical. In order to meet the needs of this diverse patient population, the Transgender Health Initiative of New York (THINY) recommends the following: 1. Hospitals and other health care [...]
NYAGRA testimony on birth certificate policy
24 W. 25th St., 9th floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 675-3288, ext. 338 http://www.nyagra.com/ New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Board of Health public hearing on proposed amendment to Article 207 of the New York City Health Code testimony by Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) 30 October 2006 My name is Pauline Park and I chair the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy. NYAGRA is the first statewide transgender advocacy organization in New York and we are perhaps best known for having led the campaign for enactment of the New York City transgender rights law (Int. No. 24, enacted as Local Law 3 of 2002). On behalf of the board of directors and the members of NYAGRA, I would like to commend you for your efforts to make Article 207 of the New York City Health Code more transgender-friendly. I would also urge you to reconsider the proposed amendment under discussion here because in many ways the language of the proposed amendment represents [...]
NYAGRA testimony on the transgender rights bill
Int. No. 754 public hearing 4 May 2001 testimony on behalf of NYAGRA by Pauline Park Coordinator of the Legislative Work Group on Gender-Based Discrimination to the New York City Council General Welfare Committee Hon. Stephen DiBrienza Councilmember and Chair Mr. Chairman, I am testifying today in these hearings on Int. No. 754 on behalf of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy. And on behalf of NYAGRA, I would like to thank you for your sponsorship and support of this legislation. As one of the primary sponsors of this bill, you are helping advance the attainment of full legal rights by transgendered and gender-variant people in New York City. As chair of the General Welfare Committee, you are well placed to move the legislation forward to a vote in this committee and to help move it to passage by the full Council. As you know, NYAGRA initiated the process that led to the introduction of Int. No. 754, the bill currently before this committee. In April 1999, representatives from NYAGRA and the Gender Identity Project of the Lesbian & Gay [...]
Giuliani & Transgender Rights: The Untold Story
As Rudolph William Louis Giuliani pursues his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, the former mayor of New York City is almost invariably described by the mainstream media as "pro-gay rights." That reputation is largely based on a few high-level appointments to his administration and his signing a domestic partnership bill into law while mayor. But as Giuliani attempts to court the religious right in his drive for the Republican nomination, he seems to be retreating from his support even for such limited measures as domestic partnership. And there is nothing in his record as mayor to suggest that he was or is supportive of transgender rights, despite his now-famous (if not notorious) appearance in drag as 'La Rudia.' As members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community evaluate Giuliani's candidacy they should carefully consider his opposition to Int. No. 24, the transgender rights bill ultimately enacted by the New York City Council as Local Law 3 of 2002 after he left office. When the New York Association [...]
