Repeal of New York's 'Walking While Trans' ban will help transgender women of color, advocates say
New York’s ‘walking while trans’ ban targeted women of color, advocates say. Now it’s being repealed. The 1970s statute ‘led to the arrest of law-abiding transgender and cisgender women of color,’ Gov. Cuomo’s office said Make the Road New York community members at the 7th Annual Translatinx March in Queens in July 2018. (Courtesy of Make the Road New York) Cecilia Nowell Feb. 5, 2021 Bianey Garcia remembers the first time she dressed up “sexy” before going out on a date w...
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