LGBT Rights in NY

New York State Rights

New York State Laws on Gender and Sexual Minorities
Source: Gender Equality Law Center

Students Rights in NYS

Your Rights as an LGBTQ Student in NY
Source: ACLU of New York

NY Name Change Resources

Ithaca College Trans Name Change Guide
Know How: The trans person's guide to get or change all of the life documents and essential paperwork you'll need to make your way in the world. 

Regarding Executive ORders & Impact in NYS

Letter from Letitia James, New Your State Attorney General
On Feburary 3, 2025, NY Attorney General, Letitia James wrote a letter in response to the actions by the federal government.

Excerpt from the letter:
"Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status. See, e.g., N.Y. Exec. Law § 296(2); N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 40-c. Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law."

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