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Last Friday, a 27-year-old transgender woman named Layleen Polanco was found unresponsive in a cell in Riker’s Island in New York City. Although attempts were made to revive her, she was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Polanco’s cause of death has not yet been revealed, though Aja Worthy-Davis, Executive Director …

On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed a bill that adds a third gender option to birth certificates in the city. Denoted as “X,” the option is intended for gender nonconforming citizens. DeBlasio called the law “an essential example of freedom.” “If you’re denied the right to express …