Attorney Taylor Brown has become the first transgender person in history to lead an office or agency in New York. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order at Brooklyn’s Pride Community Center in Crown Heights to officially establish the mayor’s first-ever Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Who is Taylor Brown?
Taylor Brown is a former Assistant Attorney General. She became the first transgender woman to lead the New York office as a director.
Mamdani created a new NYC office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs and appointed the “brilliant” Taylor Brown as director.
In a post on X, Mamdani wrote, “Today I signed an executive order creating the first-ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs and appointing the brilliant Taylor Brown as director.”
“Queer New Yorkers deserve to be not only protected, but celebrated in this city. Together, we will fight for their right to live lives of dignity, safety, and unabashed pride,” Mamdani wrote on X.
Mamdani also told the media that “Taylor will be the first trans woman to lead a city office in New York City history.”
“With Taylor Brown as director of the new Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the city’s queer community will not only be celebrated, but protected at every turn,” he wrote in a statement shared with Out and The Advocate.
“Hope for those who have been ignored”
Meanwhile, Brown said in a statement, according to Out , “New York has given me everything — life-saving health care, an education, a home, a career, a family of my choosing, and a meaningful life. I’m so proud to serve this city as the inaugural director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.”
“I will work every day to ensure that New York’s doors remain open to all, and I will continue New York’s legacy as a beacon of opportunity and hope for those who have been ignored, discriminated against, and intentionally excluded,” she said.
“I look forward to working together across agencies to ensure that we protect the LGBTQIA+ community from hostile actors who do not share New York’s values,” Brown said.
“I thank Mayor Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Su and Commissioner Attah-Mensah, with whom I look forward to working with, for this extraordinary opportunity to serve the people of New York,” added Taylor Brown.
