Council Member Hudson Discusses Gender Option Legislation

Recognizing Councilmember Hudson.

Uh thank you so much.

Today we're voting on introduction 246.

This bill is part of a larger package introduced by members of the LGBTQIA Plus caucus and allies in the city council aimed at strengthening protections for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals across New York City.

Intro 246 requires city agencies to include an ex-gender option on certain forms and mandates annual reviews to ensure demographic data collection is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and pronouns.

Eligible forms must be updated within five years, and others must be paired with a standardized anonymous survey.

I urge you all to pass intro 246 along with the entire package of bills introduced by our colleagues and proactively work to protect our transgender nonconforming and non-binary neighbors and push back against federal actions designed to disenfranchise our most vulnerable communities.

Because we know that justice for our most marginalized neighbors is justice for all New Yorkers.

Thank you.