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Finding that transsexuals are at risk of being victimized by hate crimes, New York Supreme Court Justice William J. Giacomo (Supreme Court, Westchester County) has granted a request by a transsexual man that the usual requirement that a name-change notice be published in a local newspaper be waived in his case, and that the court files on the proceeding be sealed. The November 10 ruling, consistent with the court’s findings, identifies the name-change applicant only by his initials, E.P.L.. In the Matter of the Application of E.P.L., 2009 Westlaw 3764453 (N.Y.Sup.Ct., Westchester Co., Nov. 10, 2009).