Forum: Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act

What: A forum on GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

GENDA would add gender identity and expression to the list of protected classes in the state's existing Human Rights Law. It would protect transgender individuals and those who don’t fit the stereotyped norm of gender, like a feminine man or masculine woman, from being denied or fired from a job, harassed in the workplace, evicted by their landlords, refused service in a restaurant, given inadequate medical care and otherwise treated as second-class citizens solely because of their gender identity and expression.

Although we have more than enough support in the New York State Assembly to get this bill passed, it has been in committee with no movement and needs to be brought to the floor for a vote. It is time for the LGBT community and our allies to take a stand and demand that this bill moves forward.

When: Wednesday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

Where: Central Synagogue of Nassau County, 430 DeMott Ave., Rockville Centre

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