This year marks the 22nd year of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) as an annual international event. TDOR was set aside to memorialize those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. TDOR serves several purposes: it raises public awareness of hate crimes...
The week before the global Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations across the US participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues that community members face. During Transgender Awareness Week, trans people and their...
Click here to download this statement as a PDF. For Immediate Release: August 4, 2021 Press Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Responds: AG Report Details Sexual Harassment by Governor Cuomo The report issued on August 3, 2021, by New York Attorney General Letitia James chronicles repeated sexual...
"We are extremely disappointed that the Adult Survivors Act was not brought to the floor for a vote in the New York State Assembly. With a unanimous vote to pass this bill in the New York State Senate and support from many Assembly members including...
On June 10, 2021, NYSCASA submitted the following comment to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights in advance of OCR's virtual public hearing to gather information for the purpose of improving enforcement of Title IX. Click here to access the text as a...
This LGBTQ Pride Month marks 52 years since the June 28, 1969, uprising at the Stonewall Inn, when patrons and neighborhood residents resisted harassment and abuse during a police raid on the Greenwich Village gay bar. The Stonewall Inn acted as a de facto community center...
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2021 Contact: NYSCASA Staff, info@nyscasa.org Click here to access this statement as a PDF. NYSCASA Condemns Albany Police Department’s Violent Response to South Station Protest on April 22, 2021 The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) is committed to ending not only...
Click here to download this statement as a PDF. For Immediate Release: April 19, 2021 Contact: NYSCASA Staff, info@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement for April 19, 2021, Albany Common Council Meeting: Demonstrate Accountability and Transformative Leadership, Ban Chemical Weapons and Kinetic Energy Munitions in the City of Albany The New York...
Click here to download this statement as a PDF. For Immediate Release: March 18, 2021 Contact: NYSCASA Staff, info@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Responds to Violence Targeting AAPI Women and Communities in Georgia and Across the Nation ALBANY, NY — On March 16, 2021, eight people were killed at three spas in...
For Immediate Release: March 3, 2021 Contact: NYSCASA staff, info@nyscasa.org The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault Responds to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Apology Regarding Sexual Harassment The first priority of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault is the safety, wellbeing, and autonomy of sexual violence...