This is an act to amend the state finance law, in relation to participation in state contracts. Once passed, the state will be prohibited from entering into contracts with contractors who do not provide their employees with insurance that covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive people. Many employers, especially

This fund will focus on and function to end the economic crisis presently facing New York TGNCNB communities. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the historical lack of proportionate funding, the TGNCNB community is suffering an ever deepening economic downturn where perpetuatual cycles of criminalization, unemployment, mental and physical health

This bill will include transgender and gender-nonbinary individuals in the social and economic equity plan of the New York state cannabis control board relating to the awarding of adult-use cannabis licenses. Inherent in society is the arrangement of rank, the “haves and have-nots,” and there is no greater divide than

This bill relates to schools adopting policies and procedures that ensure that schools and their employees treat students consistent with their gender identities or expressions. Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Non-Binary (TGNCNB) students are routinely misgendered and denied equal opportunities in educational settings. While some, but very few, large New York

This bill relates to the prevention of judges considering a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression when determining the best interest of the child in a custody dispute. It will also block judges from interfering with or making prohibitions against a person’s desire to undergo gender reassignmentfor such

This bill requires state and local correctional facilities to house TGNCNBI individuals consistently with their gender identities; ensures that correctional officers and staff address people by their names and pronouns; guarantees people access to commissary items, clothing, and other materials that are consistent with their gender identities; and establishes a

This bill relates to the banning of medically unnecessary cosmetic, genital, reconstructive surgery on intersex infants to modify atypical or ambiguous genitalia and other sex characteristics. Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural variations that affect genitals, gonads, hormones, chromosomes or reproductive organs. Sometimes