In March, Cambridge, Pittsfield and Boston became the latest communities to designate themselves as “sanctuary cities,” for transgender people, following in the path of Northampton and Worcester.
The Cambridge resolution cites the Trump administration’s recent order defining sex as only male or female, barring transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sports and banning transgender troops in the military.
Juliette McClendon, Ph.D., co-owner of Triad Psychotherapy, PC in Boston, believes designating communities as safe for LGBTQ+ is “absolutely necessary at this time…When people who hold these identities are clearly under attack, a sanctuary designation is the least that communities can do,” she said.
McClendon, a Black, queer, n...
