Trans Petitioner’s Identity Protected in Name-Change Case

[Allamakee]

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

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.

[Julie Marie]

Then why do the right wing phobes keep telling us hate crime laws are special rights?