Governor to sign gender identity executive order
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Gov. David Paterson will sign an executive order today to extend anti-discrimination protections to transgender state employees.
The New York Times City Room blog reported Tuesday that the order “represents the broadest protections ever extended to transgender public employees in New York State.”
Paterson is scheduled to sign the order this morning at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan.
A number of cities, including Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and New York City, already prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.
More comprehensive legislation to outlaw discrimination based on gender identity has passed the Assembly but awaits action in the Senate.
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