Municipal Level - New York City Council

LGBTQ youth, City Council members, advocacy advisors, federal officials

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Racial profiling, identification rights for transgender residents, domestic violence response, unlawful searches, LGBTQ discrimination, bystander intervention, and Legal Aid resources.

IDNYC became inclusive of LGBT and gender non-conforming individuals, with the City Council creating additional protective laws and policies. Established precedent for using Legislative Theatre in NYC policy-making, which grew to include criminal justice reform, housing policy, and immigration policy.

Organizers had to invest more time than anticipated in recruiting participation of policymakers, especially with limited public awareness of these methods, and some policymakers didn’t honor their commitments to attend. Additionally, national policy analysts had less scope to commit to changes in public, leaving the local council members with the responsibility to make commitments to action during the event.