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Home Bodily Autonomy & Reproductive Justice
New York LGBTQI Policy Priorities
Priority Policy Domains:
  • Youth, Families & Aging Communities Protections
    • Greatest Social Need
    • Develop a New York State “Every Child Deserves a Family Act” bill patterned off draft federal legislation
    • LGBTQI-inclusive Curriculum
    • TGNCNB Anti-Discrimination Requirements in Schools
  • Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Non-Binary, & Intersex Equity
    • TGNCNB Anti-Discrimination Requirements in Schools
    • TGNCNBI Protections in Custody Disputes
    • Gender Identity Respect Dignity and Safety Act
    • Intersex Education Bill Proposed
  • Disability Justice & Mental Health Access
    • Further data collection on Kendra’s Law and involuntary commitments based on LGBTQ identity
    • Develop a bill to help discontinue the use of police and other armed officers in mental responses
  • Racial Justice
    • An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the office of racial equity and social justice
    • Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act – HALT
    • Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act – MRTA
  • Bodily Autonomy & Reproductive Justice
    • Decriminalizing Sex Work Bill / Stop Violence in the Sex Trades Act (SVSTA)
    • Promote Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools

EQNY Policy Priorities

Bodily Autonomy & Reproductive Justice

Equality New York believes all LGBTQI New Yorkers can and should self-determine what they do with their bodies. Bodily autonomy and reproductive justice does not just focus on rights, but seeks meaningful equality. The framework we use encompasses work for access to health care more broadly, as well as access to rescoures, freedom from racial discrimination, police violence, and other oppressions.

EQNY's Policy Priorities in this Domain:

Decriminalizing Sex Work Bill / Stop Violence in the Sex Trades Act (SVSTA)

This bill relates to the decriminalization of sex work; repealer The decriminalization of prostitution and related acts can be viewed through many lenses, including: labor rights, sexual freedom, bodily autonomy, gender justice, racial justice, gay rights, transgender rights, and criminal justice reform. Sex workers’ rights is all of these things

Promote Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools

This bill requires that comprehensive, age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education be taught in public schools. Comprehensive Sex Education is a rights-based approach that seeks to equip young people with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need to determine and enjoy their sexuality—physically and emotionally, individually and in relationships. It

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