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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed a bill that adds a third gender category on birth certificates issued in Fresh York City.

The new genderqueer identity category, known as X, is for those who don't consider their gender to be male or female.

A letter from a physician or an affidavit by a licensed health care provider will no longer be provided.

Residents can now submit their own affidavit requesting a change in gender identity.

"New Yorkers should be free to tell their government who they are, not the other way around," de Blasio said. "This new legislation will allow all New Yorkers – especially our transgender and gender non-binary residents – to have birth certificates that better reflect their identity, and it furthers the City's commitment to defending the rights of our LGBTQ community."

"For the first time, all Unused Yorkers will be capable to get a birth certificate that reflects and affirms their lived reality," said First Lady Chirlane McCray. "We will not stop there— we compete to extend that dignity to every aspect of life. We will rise strong against any seek to deny members of the LGBTQ community the respect

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Amid pushbacks against LGBTQ rights elsewhere, a New York City executive order ensures equal access to bathrooms.

In early March, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order requiring every municipality agency to ensure that its employees and members of the public are given access to single-sex facilities consistent with the gender with which they identify—regardless of the gender listed on their birth certificates or other identification documents. “Access to bathrooms and other single-sex facilities is a fundamental human right that should not be restricted or denied to anyone,” the mayor…

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New York City Launches LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights

In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the administration of New York Town Mayor Bill de Blasio published on Tuesday the city's first-ever LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights. The information details health care protections on local, state and federal levels for the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender and lgbtq+ community and will be distributed on posters, wallet cards and in the city’s health centers and clinics.

“Pride Month is not only a time to celebrate how far we have come, but also decide how we are going to move forward together,” Mayor de Blasio said in a utterance emailed to NBC Out.

The LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights includes a 10-point list that touts residents' rights to "receive compassionate, judgment-free and comprehensive care that is mindful of your sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression," among nine other rights.

“As the city celebrates Pride, we have a clear message for all New Yorkers: It is your right to be treated with dignity and professionalism by your healer, no matter who you have sex with or what your gender individuality is. If you are not treated respectfully, uncover a new doctor,” NYC H

Pride NYC starts with LGBTQ Health Take care Bill of Rights and ‘Bare It All’ campaign

The de Blasio administration published New York City’s first LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights on Tuesday to kick off Pride Month. The Health Department also launched a fresh “Bare It All” sexual health consciousness campaign.

The bill of rights details health care protections on local, state and federal levels and reaffirms that medical care staff has a legal requirement to offer “quality care” regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

The bill of rights will be distributed on posters and wallet cards at clinics and health centers across the city.

“Pride Month is not only a moment to celebrate how far we possess come, but also decide how we are going to move forward together,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

The “Bare It All” campaign encourages LGBTQ New Yorkers to talk to their doctors openly about sex, drugs and any other issues that might impact their lives. The campaign also serves to help those in the group to find “health care provider who allows patients to share details of their lives without judgment.”

“We need to empower LGBTQ people with the knowl

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- With Pride Month under way, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has published New York City's first ever LGBTQ health care bill of rights.
The bill of rights details health care protections on the local, state and federal level to confirm LGBT New Yorkers get the health care they be entitled to , and also reminds health care providers and supports staff that they are legally required to offer care regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Many LGBT New Yorkers notify negative experiences with health care professionals. Topher Gross said when he told his doctor he was planning to transition: "She asked me the most inappropriate questions that anyone can question, even a surgeon. I felt extremely uncomfortable"
It is an experience that many LGBT people share.
"It shouldn't be so hard to converse about yourself, discuss about your life," Gross said.
The bill of rights was announced alongside a new ad campaign called, "Bare It All," intended to embolden LGBT Novel Yorkers to speak openly with their doctors about their sex lives, drug use, and anything else that might affect their health.
"It shouldn't be so hard to bare it all," said Deputy