Albany lawmakers passed legislation making New York State a safe haven for transgender individuals and Mayor Eric Adams is following suit. via GayCityNews
Statewide LGBTQ groups New Pride Agenda and Equality New York strongly advocated for the legislation. The bill now goes to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk.
The state legislation prohibits New York State from considering a law from another state that directs a child to be removed from their parent or guardian for allowing the child to receive gender-affirming care. It also bars law enforcement agencies from cooperating with any out-of-state agency or department probe related to providing gender-affirming care in New York State.
The similar executive order in New York City stipulates that the city’s resources cannot be used to detain anyone receiving or providing gender-affirming care and restricts the city from cooperating with any out-of-state investigation into an individual for receiving or providing gender-affirming care.
The effort by the state and city to protect gender-affirming care comes less than a week after the Human Rights Campaign declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ Americans due to the flood of laws targeting LGBTQ Americans — especially trans youth.
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