In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared the city a sanctuary city for people who are transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex, and Two Spirt, a Pan-Indian term describing people who are neither male nor female.
"We’re people just like you," said Suzanne Ford, who leads SF Pride and is a trans woman herself.She’s used to showing courage in the face of adversity when traveling home to Kentucky."I have to get my game face on. There are going to be people that hate me," Ford said. "I don’t pass. They know I’m a trans woman, and they may have never said a word to me. They already hate me.
"Here are queer and trans people across the country in a lot less friendly places than San Francisco and seeing that people in San Francisco care about them."The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking more than 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the country.
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