Syracuse Hate Crime Trial beginning today
From the Empire State Pride Agenda:
Statement by Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan Van Capelle
July 13, 2009, Syracuse—“Twenty-two year old Lateisha Green was tragically shot and killed in Syracuse on November 14, 2008 just for being transgender. As her accused killer goes to trial today for murder, the Pride Agenda expresses its deepest sympathies to Lateisha’s family and outrage that transgender New Yorkers continue to be targeted for violence and discrimination based solely on who they are.
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*According to a March 2008 Global Strategy poll, 78 percent of registered New York voters support passing GENDA.
I’m sorry, I just don’t get it. How can you hate someone so much just for being who she is that you would want to kill her? It’s so sad that we even have to pass bills like this, but I’m glad we do:
The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) has been introduced in the NYS Assembly (Uni A.5710/Gottfried) and Senate (Uni S.2406/Duane).
First introduced in 2003, GENDA would ban discrimination against transgender people in housing, employment, credit, public accommodations, and other areas of everyday life.
GENDA passed in the Assembly for the first time ever in June of last year with a vote of 108-34 and a record 74 co-sponsors.With the new pro-LGBT Majority in the State Senate and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith in support of GENDA, we are finally poised to win GENDA in both the Assembly and the Senate —and when we do, we have Governor Paterson’s promise to sign the bill into law. The Pride Agenda will keep working hard to make this happen—and we’ll keep you updated on GENDA’s progress as we do!
And this is what the senate should be working on right now, not this.
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