NYSBA President Scott M. Karson Applauds President Biden’s Decision to Lift Restrictions on Transgender Service Members

NYSBA President Scott M. Karson Applauds President Biden’s Decision to Lift Restrictions on Transgender Service Members

1.25.2021

By Susan DeSantis

Scott M. Karson, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement in response to President Joseph Biden’s executive order lifting restrictions on transgender military service members:

“Today we celebrate a decision that brings us another step closer to a stronger and more inclusive armed forces. The New York State Bar Association embraces diversity in all its forms and advocates for the notion that tolerance and acceptance should unite us, not drive us apart. As we expand our new LGBTQ Law Section, I join with hundreds of section members and the entire Bar Association to say once and for all that discrimination has no place in our military services.”

About the New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. Since 1876, the Association has helped shape the development of law, educated and informed the legal profession and the public, and championed the rights of New Yorkers through advocacy and guidance in our communities.

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