NY- Live Q&A on transgender civil rights in Syracuse with attorney Mallory Livin

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Live Q&A on transgender civil rights in Syracuse with attorney Mallory Livingston

The Post-Standard By Michelle Breidenbach, on November 27, 2012 at 1:24 PM, updated November 27, 2012 at 2:28 PM


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Mallory Livingston spoke last week on the steps of Syracuse City Hall after the Common Council voted to ban discrimination against transgendered people. Others in the photo, from left are: Bruce Carter, CNY Pride President and Syracuse University Professor; Forrest Antrum and Crystal Collette, all of Syracuse. By Ellen Blalock/The Post-Standard


Syracuse, NY - Mallory Livingston, a local attorney and co-founder of the Transgender Alliance, will answer questions about Syracuse's new transgender civil rights law in a live Q&A at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on syracuse.com. Bookmark this page or sign up for an email reminder below.

Livingston is a male to female transexual. She has been involved with the struggle for LGBT rights since 1990. She advocated for the new law, which passed the Syracuse Common Council last week and is likely to be signed into law by Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

The proposed law prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing, school, commercial space and public services. The law provides victims with legal grounds to sue in civil court.

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Syracuse councilors vote to ban discrimination against transgendered people

By The Post-Standard on November 19, 2012 at 1:16 PM, updated November 19, 2012 at 3:34 PM

By staff writers Tim Knauss and Michelle Breidenbach


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Syracuse Common Council this afternoon passed a local law extending civil rights to all people regardless of "gender expression."

Councilors voted 7 to 1 to approve a law that prohibits discrimination based on a person's "actual or perceived sex, or their gender identity or expression."

Fourth District Councilor Khalid Bey cast the only no vote. Councilor-at-Large Helen Hudson was absent.

The measure amends the city's existing Fair Practices Law, which was passed in 1990 to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Syracuse joins Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester and six other New York municipalities that have passed similar legislation. Advocates plan to bring their case to state legislators in Albany in 2013.

The Syracuse law prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing, school, commercial space and public services. The law provides victims with legal grounds to sue in civil court.