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Trans Health Fair Debuts at Center (NY Blade, 6.1.07)

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 No Commented
Categorized Under: health care, LGBT, New York City, NYAGRA, Politics, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights

Trans Health Fair Debuts at Center By Brett Krutzsch New York Blade Friday, June 01, 2007 Robert Eads, a female to male transsexual, died from ovarian cancer after being turned away by more than two dozen physicians who worried that taking him on as a patient might harm their practices. A documentary released in 2001, [...]

The Working Families Party: Gay for Pay…?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 No Commented
Categorized Under: health care, LGBT, New York City, Politics

Jimmy Van Bramer, Tom Duane, Christine Quinn & Danny Dromm When the Working Families Party burst on the scene a decade ago, I was excited to see a new political party in New York that was explicitly committed to pursuing a progressive political agenda. The WFP seemed like a refreshing alternative to politics as usual, [...]

NYAGRA publishes first NYC transgender health care provider directory

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 No Commented
Categorized Under: health care, LGBT, New York City, NYAGRA, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights

On July 21, the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) published the first public directory of transgender-sensitive providers in the New York City metropolitan area. The Gender Identity Project (GIP) of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (208 W. 13th St. in Manhattan) hosted a special event from 7-9 p.m. at which hundreds [...]