Thank leaders in Albany for repealing the Walking While Trans ban!

CELEBRATE:
Thank leaders in Albany for repealing the Walking While Trans ban!

Today is a new day for transgender New Yorkers. The #WalkingWhileTrans Ban has been repealed. On Tuesday, Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Amy Paulin’s bill to repeal a dangerous and discriminatory law colloquially known as “Walking While Trans,” passed with bipartisan support and was immediately signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. For over four decades, New York Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution law allowed police to profile, harass and arrest Black and brown transgender women simply for existing. It is now a thing of the past.

Send a note of thanks to Governor Cuomo, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Speaker Heastie, and bill sponsors Senator Hoylman and Assemblymember Paulin for hearing New York’s transgender community's call for change and for making this important issue an early priority of this legislative session.

Dear Gov. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, Senator Hoylman and Assemblymember Paulin,

THANK YOU!

As a New Yorker and a member of the Human Rights Campaign, I am writing to thank you for hearing the transgender community's call for change and finally repealing the Walking While Trans ban. Thank you for making this important issue an early priority of this legislative session.

Thanks to your swift action, Black and Brown transgender New Yorkers can no longer be profiled and arrested for doing nothing more than standing or walking on the street.

Thank you for listening to the voices of the Black and Brown transgender advocates, particularly those in the Repeal Walking While Trans coalition, who have been working towards this day for years. I applaud your deep commitment to advancing LGBTQ equality.

Thank you again for your strong advocacy as well as your quick and decisive action.

Today is a new day for transgender New Yorkers.

Thank you.

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CELEBRATE: Thank leaders in Albany for repealing the Walking While Trans ban!

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CELEBRATE:
Thank leaders in Albany for repealing the Walking While Trans ban!