Mayor Zohran Mamdani is establishing the first Mayor\u2019s Office for LGBTQIA+ affairs and appointing the first out trans person to lead a New York City office as director. <\/p>\n
The newly established city office comes amid significant rollbacks on federal protections and resources for queer Americans launched goby the White House since Donald Trump resumed office last year. The federal directives have routinely clashed with human rights law in New York, the birthplace of the modern Pride movement. <\/p>\n
The city will create a central office solely focused on how agencies can benefit the queer New Yorkers, who are disproportionately more likely to suffer higher rates of homelessness, job insecurity and issues accessing healthcare. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis day was a long time coming. It took years of activism from community leaders who recognize how often queer New Yorkers fall through the cracks while attempting to access our city\u2019s social services,\u201d Mamdani said. The mayor declined to address the office\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n
Taylor Brown \u2014 who previously worked in the state Attorney General\u2019s office, where she assisted in a lawsuit launched against Nassau County and its ban on transgender women and girls from playing sports in county facilities<\/a> \u2014 will head the new office. <\/p>\n Brown also worked for Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union, where she was a part of the legal team behind a landmark lawsuit<\/a> for trans people looking to ammend birth certificates in West Virginia. <\/p>\n \u201cWe want the same things as everyone else, and we deserve the same things as everyone else, and that\u2019s what this administration is about,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019re all people.\u201d <\/p>\n