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N.Y. state Assembly to consider ban on gay conversion therapy for minors
ALBANY, N.Y. — A proposed ban against New York health professionals trying to change a child’s sexual orientation through therapy comes too late for Matthew Shurka, a 26-year-old Long Island man who says he remains emotionally scarred from five years of attempts to “cure” his homosexuality.
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N.Y. state assembly passes gender expression non-discrimination act, again
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly on Tuesday again approved the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression. It is the seventh time the measure has passed in the Assembly, but has never come to a vote on the floor of the State Senate.
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N.Y. eases birth certificate change policy for transgender individuals
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will no longer require transgender people to offer proof of surgery when they ask to change the gender on their birth certificate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced Thursday, though the change won’t apply to certificates issue in New York City.
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Transgender man sues NYC after being booted from male locker room
A transgender man who said he was harassed and then humiliated after he was booted from a male locker room at a public pool has sued New York City. Bryan Ellicott said that after he entered the Staten Island changing room last July, Parks Department workers got what he called a “complaint” about his presence and ordered him to leave…
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Buffalo Pride Week capped off with record parade attendance
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A record 20,000 people, up from 15,000 last year, took part in Buffalo’s annual Pride parade on Sunday, reports the Buffalo News. “It grows every year, and with this phenomenal weather, we’ll see a much bigger turnout,” said Jorien Brock, senior director of the Pride Center of Western New York, which organizes the event.
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Fired Rochester radio show hosts apologize for transphobic broadcast
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Former WBZA radio hosts Kimberly Ray and Barry Beck, who were fired from their Rochester, N.Y., morning radio show following a segment in which they mocked and ridiculed the transgender community, have issued a statement of apology.
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New York radio station fires hosts over transphobic broadcast
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two upstate New York radio hosts have been fired over their on-air, transphobic comments about the city of Rochester’s decision to cover gender reassignment surgery for city employees.
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Radio hosts call transgender people ‘nut jobs’ in rant over city health coverage
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Rochester radio station’s morning show hosts have come under fire for a transphobic broadcast in which they mocked a new policy to provide transition-related health coverage to transgender city workers, and insulted a caller who dialed in to tell them they were being offensive.
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Rochester to cover gender reassignment for transgender city workers
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Officials in Rochester, N.Y., say their city will extend transition-related health coverage to transgender and gender non-conforming municipal employees.
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NYC cabbie wears swastika armband because gays carry ‘big rainbow flags’
NEW YORK — A New York City cab driver who wore a swastika armband while on the job has been suspended for 30 days. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission suspended Gabriel Diaz’s operator’s license Friday after a Jewish group and others complained.