'Let's stand firm': Supervisors move to boost LGBTQ+ rights, gender-affirming healthcare

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Los Angeles County Supervisors passed two motions Tuesday intended to improve the lives and health of their LGBTQ+ constituents, citing “horrific” attacks by policymakers on gay and transgender youth across the nation

from competing. Solis said she wanted the two motions to set the county apart from these legislatures targeting the LGBTQ+ community.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to fly the Progress Pride flag at county offices this June in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

“Those bills are absolutely, in my opinion, unconscionable,” Solis said. “Let’s stand firm and make sure that we don’t go in the opposite direction and allow for hateful policies to be expanded.”the 15-person commission responsible for advising the board and county’s over 30 departments on policies, budgets and programs that will support the LGBTQ+ community.

Supervisor Holly Mitchell called for the commission to include transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and nonbinary appointees.

 

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