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Lori Dee

March 12, 2025, 08:54:26 PM
As Trump attacks transgender people, city council declares Boston a 'sanctuary city' for the LGBTQ+ community
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The Boston Globe -  Niki Griswold
Updated March 12, 2025, 4:16 p.m.

The Boston City Council proclaimed Boston to be a haven for members of the LGBTQ+ community Wednesday in light of President Trump and his administration's attacks on transgender people and gender affirming healthcare.

Councilors Julia Mejia and Liz Breadon, the city's first openly gay woman to be elected to the council, filed a resolution to declare Boston a "sanctuary city" for the LGBTQIA2s+ population. The council voted 12-1 to approve the proposal at its Wednesday meeting.

The resolution, while largely symbolic, expressed the city's commitment to protecting members of the LGBTQIA2s+ community. It also calls on city agencies to not comply with federal or state policies that harm transgender or other LGBTQIA2s+ people.

"Ongoing federal actions — including recent executive orders that undermine LGBTQIA2s+ rights and promote their erasure — have been in direct conflict with the city's commitment to research-driven, inclusive approaches to public policy," the councilors wrote in the resolution.

"We're not going to sit and be silenced, we're not going to live in fear ..."
"If we stay together as a community and our allies, our true allies, stand beside us, we can continue to push forward through the hatred and the rhetoric coming from the federal government."

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March 13, 2025, 12:18:09 AM
Quote from: Lori Dee on March 12, 2025, 08:54:26 PMThank you, Boston!  :eusa_clap:

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March 13, 2025, 10:29:14 AM
Recently I spent a week in Boston.  It was so affirming to be gendered correctly EVERYWHERE.  I never weary of hearing, "How can I help you ladies...,"  or "...ma'am,..."

Cloud nine experiences similarly up and down the Massachusetts coast.  Depression descended to experience stifling environment elsewhere in travels.
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