SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento City Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring the city of Sacramento a Sanctuary City for Transgender People.
The resolution, proposed by Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, calls for the city to preserve and protect the “rights of transgender individuals to access care."
"So we have a lot of people in other states right now that are trying to litigate against trans people," said Sabrina Naves, transgender activist. "We have a lot of trans people fleeing hostile states to us. So it's important for us to be able to protect them, to envelop them and welcome them. And this (resolution) will help to prevent outside influences from trying to come in, attacking our people, attacking the health care that we receive, attacking the professionals that take care of our mental health care, and attacking the families and friends that love us."
According to the resolution, it would ensure the rights of transgender people in Sacramento and that no city resources would be used to detain people seeking care or cooperate with jurisdictions trying to enforce laws that criminalize gender-affirming care.
Beth Bourne, with Moms for Liberty, spoke out against the resolution.
"My main concern, I would say the first thing is the medicalizing of children," said Bourne. "We cannot be giving children cross-sex hormones. We can't give them surgeries that will change their sex and we can't give children puberty blockers that will sterilize them. So we need to protect our children's bodies. Every child is perfect, just as they are."
To read all the documents relating to the resolution click here.
