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Statewide Relationship Recognition
yes Licenses marriages for same-sex couples: Effective July 24, 2011.
yes Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions
yes Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: marriage

Read our FAQ Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples in New York.

Statewide Employment Protections
yes Private employment protections based on sexual orientation.
no Private employment protections based on gender identity.
yes Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation.
yes Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity.

See N.Y. CLS Exec. Law 296 (2005).

  • 2003 Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (S.720/A.1971). Signed by Governor Pataki on 12/17/02.

Statewide Parenting Laws
Who May Adopt An individual or couples may adopt. D.R.L. § 110.
Second Parent Adoptions Approved in In reJacob, 86 N.Y.2d 651, 636 N.Y.S.2d 716, 660 N.E.2d 397 (1995)
Notes Joint adoption approved in Matter of Adoption of Carolyn B., N.Y.S.2d, 2004 WL 575028 (N.Y. App. Div., 2004)

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4/25/2012
Lambda Legal Urges New York High Court to Reject Felony Charge Based on HIV Status
(New York, April 25, 2012) - Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the New York Court of Appeals urging the Court to drop the aggravated assault charge leveled at a criminal defendant based on his HIV status.
4/5/2012
Lambda Legal Urges New York Lawmakers to End Use of Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution
(New York, April 5, 2012)—With news last month that the New York state legislature has filed over 300 bills away to the Rules Committee preventing them from being voted on, Lambda Legal submitted a memorandum today urging New York legislators to reconsider and support the passage of bill S323/A1
3/8/2012
Lambda Legal Urges New York High Court to Uphold Ruling on Law Protecting Public School Students
(New York, March 8, 2012)—In a friend-of-the-court brief submitted today in the New York Court of Appeals, Lambda Legal urged the state's highest court to uphold a lower court ruling that the New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) protects public school students against discrimination and harassment.
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10/8/2009
Dickerson v. Thompson
Case involving a New York resident seeking an order from a New York court to dissolving her Vermont civil union.
4/8/2009
Pratt v. Indian River Central School District et al.
Case on behalf of a brother and sister challenging antigay harassment, discrimination and censorship by school officials.
2/3/2009
Debra H. v. Janice R.
Case on behalf of a nonbiological mother seeking custody and visitation rights with and to provide financial support to the child she has parented with her former same-sex partner.
9/28/2007
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center v. Bahruth
Case challenging the wrongful denial of non-profit property tax exemption for a New York LGBTQ community center

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