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News about New York City’s Ban on Height and Weight Discrimination
Stories focused on New York City
The passage of the New York City law banning size discrimination has generated global headlines and hundreds of stories and thousands of impressions. Here is a sampling:
For more information on INT0209, visit the NYC Human Rights Commission’s Different Sizes, Equal Rights page.
Other stories about size discrimination
New hope for bill to ban size discrimination after three decades of trying - The Boston Globe
A push is on to ban body size discrimination in Massachusetts - The Berkshire Eagle
Fat Acceptance as a Civil Rights Issue - The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat - Bloomberg/BusinessWeek
Graphic shows a quote: "Fat people's erasure from media is dehumanizing. Visibility in marketing allows us - and the world - to see the full range of our humanity. The bottom line? We want to see ourselves represented just like everyone else does. - Tigress Osborn, NAAFA Chair. Below that on the left reads, "Creating marketing that positively represents plus-size people", Think With Google blog. On the right shows a drawing depicting a fat man/masc, a fat female/femme POC and a tall fat femme with an undercut. A blue frame is superimposed over the caricatures. At the bottom is a blue border with the NAAFA logo.
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