“I am appalled, I am angry and I am going to fight like hell on behalf of my transgender brothers and sisters,” said Harlem City Council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: transgender
Brewer Statement On White House Rescinding Guidance That Protected Transgender Students
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer issued the following statement in reaction to the White House’s decision to rescind federal guidelines protecting transgender students’ rights in schools across the country. Continue Reading →
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Expands Services For Transgender Patients In East Harlem (Update)
Transgender patients can now access hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery at the Metropolitan Hospital Center in East Harlem, the city hospital announced Tuesday. Continue Reading →
Target Spending $20M On Third Bathrooms In Transgender Debate
Target Corporation has a great store on 117th Street in East Harlem, remember the Target is facing a boycott over its transgender-friendly restroom options, said it will spend $20 million to install third restrooms in stores. Continue Reading →
NYPD’s Fresh Look At Harlem ’90s Transgender Murders
Their murders were barely noticed, two transgendered women and a man who dressed as both sexes, slain within 13 months of each other in Harlem in the 1990s. Continue Reading →
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