The city of Sacramento is now a transgender sanctuary city, believed to be the first in California to vote for this designation.
SACRAMENTO â The move was a big victory for transgender advocates in Lavender Heights, the heart of Sacramento's LGBTQ+ community.Sabrina Naves is a trans advocate who says families are moving to Sacramento from other states that restrict or ban gender-affirming health care.'They've moved to Sacramento. They've come here and they found a welcoming home for themselves,' Naves said.
'This city is saying that we will promote the idea that people can be born in the wrong body and that we will pick up children coming into our state or into the city to give them these surgeries, and we cannot be doing that,' Moms For Liberty spokesperson Beth Bourne said.Inside the city council's chambers Tuesday, the policy fired up public testimony.
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