The New York Bladeby Brett Krutzsch
At Tuesday's event, the panel discussed key issues facing the transgender community, including problems with the healthcare system, workplace discrimination, and harassment of transgender youth in New York City schools.
"As an American citizen, I can work just like anyone else," said panelist Elizabeth Rivera, Program Coordinator of TransJustice at the Audre Lorde Project. Rivera, who is transgender, said it can be very difficult to get a job when you are in an "in-between state" of male and female.
