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“Today is Trans Day of Visibility,” posted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today. “Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.”
This is unsurprising rhetoric from a progressive Democrat, but there are signs that Mamdani plans to go further. Most notably, he recently established the first ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, fulfilling an earlier campaign promise, which is being spearheaded by Taylor Brown, a trans-identified man.
Based on his campaign promises, the Mayor’s LGBTQIA+ Affairs Office appeared poised to push an agenda that clashes with the developmental realities of children and adolescents. In practice, this could mean steering minors experiencing gender distress toward medical transition pathways, regardless of the long-term risks or contested evidence.
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Joseph Figliolia is a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute.