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 [...]