Shoshana 🏳️⚧️Worcester Massachusetts is now a sanctuary city for trans folks!
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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/02/12/worcester-sanctuary-city-transgender-community/
Jacob Christian Munch-Andersen@LilahTovMoon That is nice and all, but I don't feel so confident that this declaration is going to do all that much in the long run. A city council can't protect it's citizens from the federal government. If you are trans and need to run, you should get out of the country.
Edit: Some words have too many different meanings.
WesDym@NohatCoder I'm honestly not sure how it works in Massachusetts. Mass. cities are legally the same as towns. (In many states, cities are legally more like counties.) But, Worcester is its own county seat, too. So I guess it comes down to the legal relationship between Mass. and her counties. But I don't see Mass. leaning towards any anti-trans policies, even if pressured by the feds. It's one of the most progressive states in the union and very queer-friendly.
@wesdym I'm talking about the big picture. If fascism rolls out like some people plans, a trans-friendly state will at some point change, and the change may be quite sudden. If the local leaders don't fall in line, then they will be replaced, that is what you are up against.
@NohatCoder This is a bit vague. In the US, States have original (immutable) sovereignty and may enforce their own domestic policies even against federal doctrine, so long as it's not unconstitutional. Congress can try to punish them financially, but cannot legally force States to adopt policies they don't want to. Massachusetts -- which, by the way, is where our war of independence started -- is probably least likely to adopt anti-queer policies, and also least likely to turn fascist.
@NohatCoder All that said, if the federal govt turns fascist, then all bets are off for everyone, everywhere.