NY must end #WalkingWhileTrans ban
On Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with 34 co-signers, wrote to New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie calling on them to pass two bills to protect transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) communities in New York.
TGNC communities across the state have long been targeted by the #WalkingWhileTrans ban, an archaic anti-loitering law. Hundreds of arrests have been made based on the vague assumption that they are engaging in sex work, many for simply "wearing a skirt," "waving at a car," or "standing somewhere other than a bus stop or taxi stand."
More than 9 out of 10 TGNC people arrested under the law are Black or Latinx, and those arrested often experience physical, sexual, and verbal abuse at the hands of law enforcement. On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, this state-sponsored violence MUST END.
For our full letter, read the exclusive HuffPost piece.
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