So disappointed,,,
The New York State Senate adjourned a slightly extended session late Friday night without taking votes on “life-saving” LGBT rights legislation, advocates said.
GOP Senate leaders blocked two bills — a transgender rights bill, the Gender Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), and a bill that would establish a ban on licensed medical providers practicing sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts on minors — from going to the Senate floor for a full vote, where advocates said the measures would have passed.
“We had the votes,” said Nathan Schaefer, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, in a statement. “… The failure of the Senate Leadership to bring these bills to the floor for a vote leaves thousands of transgender New Yorkers vulnerable to discrimination in their homes, on the job and on the streets of their own neighborhoods. And children are left susceptible to harm in the offices of so-called therapists licensed by the State of New York.”
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“It’s bitterly disappointing that the State Senate bowed to partisan politics and failed to protect our kids in New York from so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ which considers homosexuality a sickness that needs to be cured,” said Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat and the chamber’s only out gay member, in a statement. “This bill had the votes to pass the Senate, virtually unanimous support from mental health professionals, and was modeled after legislation passed with bi-partisan support in California and New Jersey, where it was signed by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.”
New York Senate Blocks Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy, Transgender Rights Bill
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