New York bans discrimination against transgender state employees

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New York bans discrimination against transgender state employees
The Canadian
by Michael K. Lavers
26 July, 2010


http://lecanadian.com/2010/07/26/new-york-bans-discrimination-against-transgender-state-employees/


Governor David Paterson received a standing ovation at the LGBT Community Center in lower Manhattan when he signed an executive order to ban discrimination against transgender state employees.

"For far too long... the transgender community has had to wait for the same equality others enjoy based on employment," he said. "That ends today."