January 15, 2019
Contact: Jerame Davis - jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Reacts to New York Legislature Passage of
LGBTQ Protections
Today, the New York Senate passed two pieces of legislation
to protect LGBTQ people in the state. Once signed by Governor Cuomo, New York
will become the 20th state in the US to ban discrimination against transgender
Americans and the 15th state to ban so-called “ex-gay” conversion therapy.
Pride at Work Executive Director, Jerame Davis, issued the following statement:
“We are winning despite the constant attacks from Trump,”
said Davis. “If we can’t get the protections we need in Washington, we’ll get
them in the statehouses. That’s exactly what activists and advocates did in New
York to pass GENDA - nondiscrimination protections for transgender people - as
well as a ban on so-called conversion therapy.
"The work done in New York could be a model for the
majority of states where it is still legal to discriminate against LGBTQ
people.”
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| Celebration at the Out Alliance in Rochester |
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