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The next fight in gender rights

Started by Shana A, August 31, 2012, 08:21:04 AM

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Shana A

August 31, 2012, 08:21:04 AM

The next fight in gender rights
A tennis great who shattered stereotypes says New York can do more to combat discrimination
By Billie Jean King / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 31, 2012, 4:34 AM
Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 4:34 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/fight-gender-rights-article-1.1148264

But there is still progress to be made and battles to be fought.

More than tennis, I am concerned with equality for all, which is why I'm calling for my fellow New Yorkers to support a law that would offer transgender persons the protections the rest of us take for granted.

Known as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, the proposed law would explicitly ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression. It would primarily help transgender individuals, people who identify their gender differently from what is traditionally associated with the sex assigned at birth.

It should go without saying that all New Yorkers — including transgender New Yorkers — deserve to be treated fairly and equally by the law. But too often, they are not.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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