Transgender Employees of NY State Get Legal Protection

[aerosolchild]

http://gothamist.com/2009/12/15/transgender_employees_of_ny_state_g.php

In what is being described as a "high-profile event" tomorrow, Governor Paterson will sign an executive order extending legal protections to transgender employees of New York State. (The order applies only to state employees under the executive branch—not to the private sector.) Sources tell City Room that the executive order will include transgender people in antidiscrimination policies that already govern state agencies, and will offer the broadest protections ever extended to transgender public employees in New York. Dru Levasseur, Lambda Legal transgender rights attorney, says, "This will bring New York up to par with other states that are taking the lead on workplace fairness."

[Keroppi]

A small step, but at least it's in the right direction.

[Shana A]

 December 15, 2009, 10:17 am
Paterson to Extend Protection to Transgender Employees
By JEREMY W. PETERS

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/paterson-to-extend-protection-to-transgender-people/

Gov. David A. Paterson is preparing to issue an executive order that would include transgender people in antidiscrimination policies that govern state agencies.

The order, which the governor plans to sign on Wednesday, represents the broadest protections ever extended to transgender public employees in New York State. A number of cities throughout the state, including Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and New York City, already prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression.

No equivalent state law exists, however, despite repeated efforts by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocates to pass one in the State Legislature.