Trans Petitioner's Identity Protected in Name-Change Case
Gay City News
by Arthur S. Leonard
January 7, 2010
http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/15/gay_city_news/news/albany/doc4b047faaec8aa425047163.txt (http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/15/gay_city_news/news/albany/doc4b047faaec8aa425047163.txt)
Finding that transsexuals are at risk of being victimized by hate crimes, New York Supreme Court Justice William J. Giacomo, in Westchester County, has granted a transsexual man's request that the usual requirement that a name-change notice be published in a local newspaper be waived, and that his court files be sealed.
The November 10 ruling identifies the name-change applicant only by his initials, E.P.L. The petitioner's victory is apparently rare by New York City area standards.
Then why do the right wing phobes keep telling us hate crime laws are special rights?