The solution, which Councilmember Katie Valenzuela suggested, calls for the area to defend and protect the “rights of transgender people to access attention.”
Sacramento City Council unanimously approved a resolution designating Sacramento as a” Sasanct City for Transgender Persons.”
The solution, which Councilmember Katie Valenzuela suggested, calls for the area to defend and protect the “rights of transgender people to access attention.”
According to Sabrina Naves, a transgender activist,” we have a lot of people in different states best now that are trying to sue us.” There are many trans people escaping angry says to us. Therefore, it’s crucial for us to be able to embrace them, shield them, and welcomed them. And this ( resolution ) will help stop outside influences from trying to invade our country, attacking our citizens, attacking the medical care we receive, attacking the professionals who provide for our mental health care, and attacking our friends and families who love us.
The resolution states that it would protect the rights of trans people in Sacramento and that no town resources would be used to prosecute people seeking attention or cooperate with authorities trying to enforce laws that criminalize gender-affirming care.
Beth Bourne, with Grandmas for Liberty, spoke out against the decision.
” My major concern, I would say the first thing is the medicalizing of children”, said Bourne. ” We may be giving children combination- intercourse hormones. We ca n’t sterilize them with puberty blockers or give them surgery that will change their sex. So we need to defend our family’s systems. Every baby is great, just as they are”.
Click here to read the entire collection of documents related to the decision.
