Per a city government press release, the new office will manage "initiatives across city agencies that serve LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers," including the establishment of LGBT community "liaisons," nondiscrimination measures, legal resources for LGBT "sanctuary protections," and support for individuals and families "fleeing anti-LGBTQIA+ oppression."

The office's first director will be "trans woman" Taylor Brown, current New York state Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau and formerly an attorney with the pro-LGBT firm Lambda Legal and the far-left American Civil Liberties Union's LGBTQ+ & HIV Project. The announcement touts Brown's status as the "first transgender person to lead a City office or agency and the highest-ranking transgender person in the history of New York City government."

"New York City is proud of its LGBTQIA+ community and will refuse to deny healthcare, safety or dignity to anyone on the basis of their identity," Mamdani said. "With Taylor Brown as Director of the new Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the city's queer community will not only be celebrated, but protected at every turn."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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