“As a city and country, we should be working towards progress to advance rights for all, especially for communities that have been marginalized.

“Today, on the last day of Pride Month, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that undermines equal protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals. It is a terrifying setback in progress and protections for the LGBTQIA+ community, who continue to experience existential and physical attacks on their identity, safety, and well-being. This decision effectively grants businesses the right to discriminate. It is an alarming trend and continuation of the rollback of our collective rights, put in motion by far-right extremists on the Supreme Court.

“We firmly denounce the Supreme Court’s decision today, and will continue the work of the Council to safeguard and expand rights for all LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.”

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