Excited to introduce this incredibly important piece of legislation tomorrow at the City Council! Thank you to Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the Health Committee staff (Dan Hafetz and Crystal Pond), Louis Cholden-Brown and all the advocates who have worked so hard on this for so long. Its about human rights! Councilman Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) will introduce legislation to strip the surgery requirement from the city rules - and also remove any requirement to prove other medical treatment, such as hormone therapy. “It’s going to improve the lives of transgender New Yorkers and allow them to get birth certificates that match their accurate gender,” he said. “Gender won’t be about your physicality. It won’t be about your body. It’s about how you identify.”
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:19:16 +0000
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