Transgender rights bill advances in NY Legislature
ALBANY— Cadence Case knows all about the discrimination at jobs and in landing an apartment, the fear of bullying in the streets, the sideway glances and snickers, the wearisome daily effort of acting as expected.
Case, born a man and transitioning to become a woman, is one of the thousands of transgender individuals nationwide who hope New York will pass a measure to protect the rights of transsexuals and others with a gender identity different from the way they were born. Sen. Daniel Squadron hopes he can help get the bill passed.
“It’s work,” said Case, 34, who after months of unemployment lives in Poughkeepsie with her parents, who refer to her as their daughter. “It’s almost always conscious, which is draining for sure. … I can’t go on much longer. It’s too much. It’s holding me back.”