SACRAMENTO — Town of Sacramento is now a transgender sanctuary metropolis, believed to be the primary in California to vote for this designation.
The transfer was a giant victory for transgender advocates in Lavender Heights, the guts of Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ group.
Sabrina Naves is a trans advocate who says households are shifting to Sacramento from different states that limit or ban gender-affirming well being care.
“They’ve moved to Sacramento. They’ve come right here they usually discovered a welcoming dwelling for themselves,” Naves mentioned.
Town council voted to guard these households by declaring Sacramento a transgender sanctuary metropolis.
Forward of the council vote, there was a faceoff between supporters and opponents. Mothers For Liberty held a protest outdoors metropolis corridor.
“This metropolis is saying that we’ll promote the concept that individuals may be born within the fallacious physique and that we’ll choose up youngsters coming into our state or into the town to provide them these surgical procedures, and we can’t be doing that,” Mothers For Liberty spokesperson Beth Bourne mentioned.
Inside the town council’s chambers Tuesday, the coverage fired up public testimony.
The transgender sanctuary metropolis coverage will limit workers from utilizing time or cash on efforts from outdoors states’ authorized motion towards individuals looking for gender-affirming care.
There are 23 states that now limit or ban the care.
“The issue is, proper now, we’re getting used as a political scapegoat,” Naves mentioned.
This transgender sanctuary coverage was modeled after Ithaca, New York.
Councilmember Katie Valenzuela believes that is the primary one among its sort in California. It goes into impact instantly.
