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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 [...]

17Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

NYC transgender man wins right to name change

By Associated Press
NEW YORK — A court in New York City has reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting a transgender man’s application to change his name because he didn’t provide medical documentation.
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court in Manhattan made the ruling on Wednesday.
The transgender man sought to change his name from Leah Uri [...]

21Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender Teacher In NJ Retiring In Frustration

WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) ― When word got out that Mr. McBeth, a popular substitute teacher at two southern New Jersey school districts, was about to come back to class as Miss McBeth, it caused an uproar.
The former William McBeth had undergone sex reassignment surgery and was now Lily [...]

23Jul2009 | Anthony Galz | 0 comments | Continued