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[LISTEN] City Official, LGBTQ Advocate Voices Concern Over Federal Policy Involving Trans Students

March 3, 2017 By WRFA Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE JAMESTOWN - Local and regional community members are voicing their disappointment with President Donald Trump’s decision to reverse an executive order by former president Barack Obama designed to protect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Greg Rabb, Kathy Hochul, LGBTQ Community, Trans, Transgender

[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown Public Schools Focuses on Trans Student Policy

February 17, 2017 By WRFA Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Feb. 16, 2017. The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education in Jamestown NY is given details and information to consider in regards to establish policy for transgender students in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: Community Matters, Deborah Piotrowski, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Tim Mains, Transgender

Jamestown School Officials Learn More about Legal Implications of Transgender Policy for Students

February 15, 2017 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board received its final presentation regarding transgender student policy during its board meeting at Lincoln School on Tuesday night. Following up on a presentation last month about challenges transgender … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Pine Bush Central School District, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains, Title IX, Transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community to Hold Town Hall Meeting Tuesday

October 18, 2016 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A town hall meeting for the transgender and gender non-conforming community will take Tuesday night, Oct. 18 in Jamestown. The town hall meeting is open to the public and is being promoted as an "open mic" event, which will give an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: GENDA 2017, Transgender, Universalist Congregation of Jamestown

State Assembly Approves Gender Non-Discrimination Bill, Unlikely to see Passage in Senate

May 10, 2016 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ALBANY - The Democratic-controlled New York State Assembly has voted 81-46 on a gender non-discrimination bill. The bill, however, has gone nowhere in the Republican-led Senate, a fact that some of the Assembly Republicans alluded to in the debate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Gender Non-Discrimination, Richard Gottfried, State Assembly, State Senate, Transgender

New York Finalizes Ban On Transgender Discrimination

January 21, 2016 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the New York State Division of Human Rights has adopted new regulations that ban discrimination and harassment against transgender people. The regulations affirm that transgender individuals are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, New York State Division of Human Rights, Transgender

Governor: State Ed Department Must Have Stronger Oversight to Protect Rights of Transgender Students

June 29, 2015 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on the state Education Department to do a better job of protecting transgender students from harassment and discrimination in the classroom. In a letter to acting Education Commissioner Elizabeth Berlin, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Dignity for All Students Act, New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender

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