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Title: One Step Forward On New York's GENDA -- Just Wait 'Till Next Year!
Post by: Shana A on May 30, 2008, 03:41:30 PM
One Step Forward On New York's GENDA -- Just Wait 'Till Next Year!
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri May 30, 2008 at 00:30:00 AM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5588 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5588)

It's a good sign that Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) cleared the last hurdle prior to full approval by that chamber of the New York State Assembly. From the Gay City News:

    With approval May 28 by the State Assembly's majority Democratic conference, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), a measure providing civil rights protections for transgendered and other gender-variant New Yorkers, cleared the last hurdle prior to full approval by that chamber of the Legislature.