August 25, 2009

In This Issue

• Next Meeting Tuesday, September 1st, 6 pm
• Join Us at the Manhattan DA Debates!
• New Transgender Health Care Provider Directory
• HHC Summer Update

Next Meeting Tuesday, September 1st, 6 pm

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, September 1st, at 6 pm at the Center, 208 W. 13th Street in Manhattan. See you next week!

Join Us at the Manhattan DA Debates!

Please join TLDEF and many of our allies in the civil rights community for an historic event:

Manhattan District Attorney Candidates’ Civil Rights Debate

When:
Wednesday, September 2, 7 p.m.

Where:
New York Law School
185 West Broadway at Leonard St. (click for map)
New York City

Subway:  A, C, 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

Pulitzer Prize-winning former Newsday columnist Les Payne will moderate this important debate between the candidates for Manhattan District Attorney: Richard Aborn, Leslie Crocker-Snyder, and Cy Vance, Jr.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office plays a central role in criminal justice policy in New York City and is a leading national voice on matters of law and order. This debate will examine the candidates’ positions on fundamental and sometimes controversial rights and liberties issues, including their positions on issues that concern transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual New Yorkers.

Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee—NY
Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys - UAW 2325
Common Cause New York
Correctional Association
Council on American-Islamic Relations—NY
Justice Action Center at New York Law School
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Urban Justice Center

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse candidates for public office.

New Transgender Health Care Provider Directory

On July 21st, our partners at the Center's Gender Identity Project hosted the kick-off party for New York's first-ever Transgender Health Care Provider Directory created by partner organization NYAGRA. The directory lists health care and service providers in the NYC metropolitan area who are experienced in working with transgender and gender-variant patients and who are sensitive to their needs and concerns. They include hospitals and clinics, physicians, surgeons, endocrinologists, electrologists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists, as well as mental health professionals such as psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers.

HHC Summer Update

Over the last few months, Health Initiative members have made progress, and also hit some roadblocks, in our discussions with HHC about the possibility of creating a transgender clinic within the HHC system. Come hear an update and help form our next action steps to make this clinic a reality.