{"id":2438,"date":"2023-06-30T16:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2023-06-30T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:45:04","slug":"statement-from-speaker-adams-on-the-supreme-courts-ruling-to-deny-equal-protections-to-lgbtqia-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2023\/06\/30\/2438\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Speaker Adams on the Supreme Court\u2019s Ruling to Deny Equal Protections to LGBTQIA+ People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs a city and country, we should be working towards progress to advance rights for all, especially for communities that have been marginalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe firmly denounce the Supreme Court\u2019s decision today, and will continue the work of the Council to safeguard and expand rights for all LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs a city and country, we should be working towards progress to advance rights for all, especially for communities that have been marginalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2023\/06\/30\/2438\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}