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Title: Poll shows 78% of New Yorkers support transgender non-discrimination protections
Post by: Natasha on March 05, 2008, 06:50:45 PM
Poll shows 78% of New Yorkers support transgender non-discrimination protections

http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7970566
03/05/2008

"(New York City, NY, March 5, 2008) - - A statewide poll conducted by the Global Strategy Group for the Empire State Pride Agenda found that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support passing a law that provides transgender people with protections from discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and other areas of everyday life.  The survey found that 78% of New Yorkers favor such a law while just 13% do not."