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New York attorney general warns Boy Scouts on state laws prohibiting discrimination
New York’s attorney general’s office wrote this week to the Boy Scouts of America nationally, advising that state and city laws prohibit hiring discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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New York, Connecticut governors lift bans on state-funded travel to Indiana
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Saturday lifted their bans on some state-funded travel to Indiana, citing changes made to a religious-objections law that had spurred concern about anti-gay discrimination.
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N.Y. Boy Scouts council hires gay Eagle Scout despite national ban on openly gay adults
The Boy Scouts’ New York chapter has hired the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader in public contrast to the national scouting organization’s ban on openly gay adult members.
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N.Y. governor Andrew Cuomo bans all non-essential, state‑funded travel to Indiana
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned all non-essential, state-funded travel to Indiana after that state adopted a religious freedom law that critics say opens the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Blaze on New York’s Fire Island destroys gay resort landmarks
An early morning blaze on Fire Island destroyed several structures, including two well-known landmarks in a historic gay resort, and required dozens of firefighters to respond by ferry from the mainland of Long Island.
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Transgender civil rights bill gets renewed push in New York
The bill would include gender identity and expression in the state’s civil rights laws affecting housing, employment and education .
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New York man charged in 2013 death of transgender woman
James Dixon was arraigned Tuesday on manslaughter and assault charges in connection with the 2013 fatal beating of Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old transgender woman in Manhattan.
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Fire Department of New York gets first female, openly gay chaplain
The Fire Department of New York has sworn in its first female and first openly gay chaplain. The Rev. Ann Kansfield was sworn in on Tuesday. She is the department’s eighth chaplain.
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NYC mayor to skip St. Patrick’s parade over policy excluding gays
Bill de Blasio says he’s not planning to march in the nation’s biggest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade unless its organizers change their limitations on displays of gay pride.
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New York City mayor marches in LGBT-friendly pre-St. Patrick’s Day parade
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told hundreds of participants at an LGBT-friendly St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday that a society for all is one that embraces and respects everyone.