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| Councilor-at-Large Julia Mejia |
The Boston City Council voted 12-1 to pass a resolution Wednesday declaring it a Transgender Sanctuary City, making it the largest protected city in the Bay State.
Councilor-at-Large Julia Mejia and District 9 Councilor Liz Breadon called on Boston to adopt the measure supporting transgender people, pointing to what they see as harmful rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump and the White House, WBTS' Matt Prichard reports
The resolution says, in part, that Boston has "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare, housing, education, and employment without fear or discrimination."
Mejia and Breadon acknowledged that the resolution is symbolic and nonbinding, but Mejia said it is a critical first step and an "opportunity to set the groundwork for the legislation."
Last month, the Worcester city council voted overwhelmingly to become a transgender sanctuary city. Council members hope that the legislature takes notice and enacts laws making all of Massachusetts safe for LGBTQI people. Between Cambridge, Northampton, Boston, and Worcester, just shy of a million people are now living in transgender sanctuary cities.
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