""Queer and trans people across the United States are facing an increasingly hostile political environment," Mamdani's platform states. "New York City must be a refuge for LGBTQIA+ people, but private institutions in our own city have already started capitulating to Trump's assault on trans rights. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis confronting working class people across the city hits the LGBTQIA+ community particularly hard, with higher rates of unemployment and homelessness than the rest of the city.""
"As a state representative for New York's 36th district, Mamdani backed the repeal of the "Walking While Trans" law that was disproportionately used to arrest transgender women. He cosponsored the Gender Recognition Act, which made it easier for trans and nonbinary people to legally change their gender, and allowed the gender neutral "X" option. He also voted in favor of the state's shield law, which prevents patients and providers of gender-affirming care in the state from being prosecuted by other states."
Zohran Mamdani has an active record of supporting LGBTQ+ protections and policies in New York. As state representative he backed repeal of the "Walking While Trans" law, cosponsored the Gender Recognition Act enabling legal gender changes and the gender-neutral "X" marker, and supported the state's shield law protecting gender-affirming care from out-of-state prosecution. The mayoral campaign emphasizes affordability policies like free buses, universal child care, city-owned grocery stores, and rent freezes while pledging targeted measures for queer New Yorkers. The platform frames New York City as a refuge for LGBTQIA+ people and pledges investment in gender-affirming care facilities to ensure access.
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