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NYS Gov. calls special session of the Senate, #1 priority is Same Sex Marriage,

Started by Shana A, June 25, 2009, 07:38:18 AM

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Shana A

June 25, 2009, 07:38:18 AM
NYS Gov. calls special session of the Senate, #1 priority is Same Sex Marriage, GENDA is ignored
by: Emelye Waldherr
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 00:28:45 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/11669/nys-gov-calls-special-session-of-the-senate-1-priority-is-same-sex-marriage-genda-is-ignored

Gov. David Paterson, of New York, has issued a proclamation calling the NYS Senate into special session tomorrow, Wednesday, June 24th.  The proclamation lists same sex civil marriage as its first priority.  The Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act, GENDA, is nowhere to be found.

Gov. Paterson calling a special session of the NYS SenateOnce again, gender variant people in New York State have been shoved under the bus, as I feared as soon as Gov. Paterson introduced same sex marriage legislation back on April 16th.  In an apparent repeat of the legislative violence trans people suffered in 2002, we have been forgotten.  I'm sure we'll be told again that we just need to be patient, that the GLB community will "come back" for us. 
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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