New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order allowing people to access public facilities, such as bathrooms and locker rooms, that correspond with their gender identity. The move, announced at the Chelsea Recreation Center, is aimed at ensuring that transgender individuals can live without exclusion.
“This is about affirming the right of someone to follow through on their own identity,” de Blasio stated. The order extends to all city-owned buildings, including schools, offices, and gyms, and reinforces the city’s legacy as a leader in LGBT rights.
New York City has long been a symbol of the fight for equal rights, and de Blasio emphasized the city’s responsibility to lead the way in transgender equality. He added, “New York City is the birthplace of the fight for LGBT rights, and we continue to lead in that fight so every New Yorker can live with dignity.”
Public schools in New York City already had policies in place allowing students to use facilities based on their gender identity, but this order expands those rights to all public buildings across the city.
De Blasio potpisao uredbu o pristupu javnim prostorima prema rodnom identitetu
Gradonačelnik New Yorka, Bill de Blasio, izdao je izvršnu uredbu kojom se ljudima omogućuje pristup javnim prostorima, poput zahoda i svlačionica, u skladu s njihovim rodnim identitetom. Ova odluka, najavljena u Chelsea rekreacijskom centru, osigurava da transrodne osobe mogu živjeti bez isključenja iz svakodnevnog života.
“Ovo je važan korak u afirmaciji prava svake osobe da živi prema svom identitetu,” izjavio je de Blasio. Uredba se odnosi na sve zgrade u vlasništvu grada, uključujući škole, gradske urede i dvorane za vježbanje, osiguravajući da ljudi koriste prostore koji odgovaraju njihovom rodnom identitetu.
New York, kao simbol borbe za prava LGBT osoba, i dalje prednjači u ovoj borbi. “New York je mjesto rođenja borbe za LGBT prava i nastavljamo voditi tu borbu kako bi svaki građanin mogao živjeti dostojanstveno,” naglasio je de Blasio.
Javne škole u New Yorku već su imale pravilo prema kojem učenici mogu koristiti prostore prema svom rodnom identitetu, ali ova uredba proširuje ta prava na sve javne zgrade u gradu.
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