Press Release
Governor Paterson signs Executive Order prohibiting transgender discrimination in state workforce

Senate passage is last step to New York enacting comprehensive law banning discrimination against transgender people in public and private sectors


New York, NY, December 16, 2009 – Today the Empire State Pride Agenda praises Governor David Paterson for signing an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and expression for state employees. The Executive Order ensures that all state employees, including transgender people, who present their gender in a way that is different from what is traditionally associated with their sex assigned at birth are protected from workplace discrimination. The Office of the NYS Comptroller has had a similar Executive Order in place covering its workforce since 2003.

http://www.prideagenda.org/tabid/304/default.aspx?c=406

NY bans discrimination against transgender state employees
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Wednesday Dec 16, 2009

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=100172

Governor David Paterson received a standing ovation at the LGBT Community Center in lower Manhattan earlier today as 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."

Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan Van Capelle, Michael Silverman of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Melissa Sklarz of the New York Transgender Rights Organization, Glennda Testone of the Center and Pauline Park of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy were among those who joined Paterson on the stage. State Sen. Tom Duane, state Assemblymembers Deborah Glick, Dick Gottfried, Micah Kellner and Danny O'Donnell and City Councilmember-elect Danny Dromm were also in attendance.

"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."


but only if you work for the state, most of us don't

NY Governor David Paterson To Sign Executive Order Extending Anti Discrimination Protection To Trans State Employees
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
16 December, 2009


http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/12/ny-governor-david-paterson-to-sign.html


New York Governor David Paterson is at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City today to announce and sign an executive order extending anti discrimination protections to transgender state employees.