New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to sign an executive order today that will officially establish the first-ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Attorney Taylor Brown will be appointed as the office’s inaugural director, making her the first transgender person in history to lead a New York City office or agency.
Attorney Taylor Brown, a trans woman, will be appointed today by Zohran Mamdani to run the first-ever NYC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Brown becomes the first transgender person in history to lead a New York City office or agency. pic.twitter.com/YMMDVLPooC
— Bernardo Sim (@simbernardo) March 13, 2026
“New York City is proud of its LGBTQIA+ community and will refuse to deny healthcare, safety, or dignity to anyone on the basis of their identity,” Mamdani said in a statement.
“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.”
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Brown’s career has centered on the advancement of constitutional and statutory civil rights protections for transgender people across the country, with a particular focus on health care equity and access, prisoner rights, education, and employment.
Prior to this new role, Brown served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office.
The Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs has been designed as a centralizing force in municipal government to oversee and coordinate resources and initiatives concerning LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.
The office will also be tasked with enforcing equality guidelines, helping ensure that discrimination based on gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation does not occur in other city agencies.
Read more here.
Update: Here’s video of the press conference announcing Brown’s appointment.
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