HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018 Transgender Proclamation Lk �
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OFFICE OF SELECTMEN
SUZANNE E.BARRY,CHAIRMAN
JOSEPH N.PATO
MICHELLE L.CICCOLO
DOUGLAS M.LUCENTE
JILL I.HAI
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Whereas: the Town of Lexington welcomes all people and recognizes the rights of
individuals to live their lives with dignity, free of discrimination and hostility; and
Whereas: people who are transgender should be able to live their lives with safety, privacy,
and dignity,just like everyone else in the Town of Lexington; and
Whereas: people who are transgender continue to face mistreatment and bullying, and
repealing our state's nondiscrimination protections would put them at even greater
risk of harassment, discrimination, and violence; and
Whereas: protecting people from discrimination—including people who are transgender—is
about treating others as we want to be treated.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN of the Town of Lexington,
Massachusetts, declare that we support the Commonwealth's existing nondiscrimination
protections for transgender people.
We will strive to ensure that similar nondiscrimination protections continue to exist in the town
of Lexington if the Commonwealth's nondiscrimination law is repealed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands and caused the seal of Lexington to be affixed
herewith on the 9'of July 2018.
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