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Paisley Currah
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Brooklyn College, City University of New York


Selected policy work

Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Project

External Advisory Committee to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the Amendment of Birth Certificates for Transgender Persons, January 2005-present.

Citizen’s Advisory Committee Transgender Subcommittee, New York City Human Resources Administration; co-author of "Recommended Best Practices for Working With and Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Employees and Clients," November 2004 – present. 

Founder and board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute, July 2000 – present.

Co-author, with Shannon Minter, of Transgender Rights: A Handbook for Activists and Policy-Makers. New York: National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2000. Available here in PDF.

Founding member, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), 1998-2001; New York City Legislative Work Group to amend the Human Rights Law; legislative drafting subcommittee of the Dignity for Students Coalition (New York State).

 

 

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