{"id":2266896,"date":"2024-06-13T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-declares-itself-a-sanctuary-for-transgender-people\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:42:28","slug":"san-francisco-declares-itself-a-sanctuary-for-transgender-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-declares-itself-a-sanctuary-for-transgender-people\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco proclaims itself a sanctuary for transgender individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-declares-itself-a-sanctuary-for-transgender-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>San Francisco has officially declared\u2064 itself a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; for transgender\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-arizona-bill-would-require-schools-to-notify-parents-if-their-child-changes-pronouns\/\" title=\"Arizona bill mandates schools to inform parents if their child alters pronouns\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-launches-gender-inclusive-bathroom-app\/\" title=\"Harvard Launches \u2018Gender Inclusive\u2019 Bathroom App\">gender-nonconforming<\/a> \u2063individuals<\/a>. This resolution, unanimously \u2062passed by the\u200b San Francisco Board of\u200d Supervisors, marks the city as one\u200b of the \u200dfirst major\u200d U.S.\u200c cities to adopt\u200b such a designation. \u200dThis declaration serves to establish San Francisco \u200das \u2063a safe haven for transgender people, those who are gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, two-spirit, and \u2062also for\u200d the \u200dproviders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-passes-save-adolescents-from-experimentation-act-to-ban-trans-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Passes \u2018Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act\u2019 To Ban Trans Surgery, Puberty Blockers For Minors\">gender transition procedures<\/a>. This move reflects the city&#8217;s \u2064commitment to supporting and protecting the rights and safety of \u200bthese communities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>San Francisco<\/a> has declared itself a \u201csanctuary city\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>transgender<\/a> and gender-nonconforming people, making it one of the first major cities in the United States to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sfgov.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&#038;ID=13022041&#038;GUID=DD6DF049-CF1E-44C8-938D-0E2482A63AC3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resolution<\/a>, which declared the city a \u201cplace of safety\u201d for people identifying as transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and two-spirit and for providers of gender transition procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen an influx of refugees, not just from other countries, but from other states who are seeking care and seeking sanctuary,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/13\/us-news\/san-francisco-declared-as-transgender-sanctuary-city-first-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Honey Mahogany, San Francisco\u2019s director of the office of transgender initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as more than 40 states have introduced pieces of legislation that \u201ctarget the LGBTQ+ community\u201d in 2024, according to the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these bills seek to restrict access to gender transition procedures for minors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-transgender-people-are-made-in-the-image-of-god\/\" title=\"Biden Says Transgender People Are \u2018Made in the Image of God\u2019\">prevent transgender athletes<\/a> from competing in women\u2019s sports, and require people to use the bathrooms corresponding with their biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/tennessee-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-adults-help-minors-get-transgender-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>passed a bill<\/a> in April making it a felony for adults to help minors access gender transition procedures. In <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a>, a federal judge on Tuesday blocked most of a law that limited gender transition procedures for adults \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/06\/11\/florida-lgbtq-trans-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first law<\/a> to do so, according to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) signed a law in 2022 that blocked state law enforcement agencies from enforcing out-of-state laws against gender transition procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento and West Hollywood also declared themselves sanctuaries for transgender people earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco has become a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, marking it as one of the first major U.S. cities to adopt such a stance. The city&#8217;s Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday, designating San Francisco as a &#8220;place of safety&#8221; for these communities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2266897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161058174018.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24161058174018.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}