SDNYC State Candidate Questionnaire 2016 2

Section 1: CAMPAIGN INFORMATION

contact information

personal contact information will not be made public or shared. however, responses to the substantive questions included herein will be published online at www.sdnyc.org and fb.com/sdnyc

Candidate Full Name *

Candidate Full Name

First Name

Last Name

Candidate Personal Phone Number

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Candidate Personal E-mail

Candidate Office Phone

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Candidate Mailing Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Campaign Manager Name *

Campaign Manager Name

First Name

Last Name

Campaign Manager Email *

Campaign Manager Mobile Number

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CAMPAIGN INFORMATION

Office Sought (including district number if applicable): *

Full Name of Campaign Committees *

From which parties are you seeking nomination(s): *

Campaign Headquarters Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Campaign Headquarters Phone Number

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Campaign Headquarters Fax Number

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Campaign Website

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Campaign Twitter Account

Campaign Facebook Page

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ENDORSEMENTS

List here the union, organizations (community, civic, media, issue groups), and elected officials that have endorsed you: *

Please list any LGBT candidates you have endorsed: *

If endorsed will you display the endorsement of the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC in your literature whenever you list other endorsements and will you display the endorsement on your website?: *

Yes

Section 2: CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE (Short Answer)

Please explain any activities and/or experiences that demonstrate your commitment to the LGBT civil rights movement. *

What experience do you have to demonstrate you are the best person to represent the office you seek? *

Please detail any specific policy proposals you may have that will affect the LGBT community. *

Section 3: POLICY POSITIONS (yes or no)

Will you work with the New York State Legislature to support the passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you support equal rights and treatment for people of transgender experience in the New York Shelter System, both adult shelters and youth shelters? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you support full marriage equality for same-sex couples? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you support repealing the ban on compensated gestational surrogacy in New York State? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you oppose the use of condoms as evidence of prostitution in criminal cases? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you support prohibiting licensed New York State therapists from offering so called, “conversion therapy”? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Do you support or oppose permitting religious institutions to use New York City public school buildings for worship services? *

Support

Oppose

If you support this, please explain.

Do you support legislation that would codify that New York State shall not deny a woman's right to obtain an abortion as established by the United States Supreme Court in the decision Roe v. Wade? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

Will you support increasing the funding for both emergency shelter beds and transitional beds for homeless youth, a huge percentage of whom are from the LGBT community and will you pledge to support capital and expense funding for programs serving this population? *

Yes

If no, please explain.

The LGBT community is in great need of senior housing for many of our aging population. Many seniors experience homophobia in senior facilities making them feel they must be closeted. Would you help with the funding of senior housing for the LGBT community? *

Yes

If no, please explain.