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| Region | New York |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Jan 16, 2003 |
| End Date | Apr 19, 2012 |
| Description | New York, in late 2002, passed a discrimination protection for LGB people and was the first of its kind to include provisions for asexual people in defining sexual orientation as "heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or asexuality, whether actual or perceived.". The act, known as SONDA, became effective in January of 2003. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20100215094250/https://ag.ny.gov/bureaus/civil_rights/sonda_brochure.html |
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| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Jan 16, 2003 |
| End Date | Apr 19, 2012 |
| Description | New York, in late 2002, passed a discrimination protection for LGB people and was the first of its kind to include provisions for asexual people in defining sexual orientation as "heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or asexuality, whether actual or perceived.". The act, known as SONDA, became effective in January of 2003. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20100215094250/https://ag.ny.gov/bureaus/civil_rights/sonda_brochure.html |