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Lk � <br /> Town e i n t ll, ar jU ett <br /> A7141 <br /> OFFICE OF SELECTMEN <br /> SUZANNE E.BARRY,CHAIRMAN <br /> JOSEPH N.PATO <br /> MICHELLE L.CICCOLO <br /> DOUGLAS M.LUCENTE <br /> JILL I.HAI <br /> PROCLA11A.T -L T <br /> Whereas: the Town of Lexington welcomes all people and recognizes the rights of <br /> individuals to live their lives with dignity, free of discrimination and hostility; and <br /> Whereas: people who are transgender should be able to live their lives with safety, privacy, <br /> and dignity,just like everyone else in the Town of Lexington; and <br /> Whereas: people who are transgender continue to face mistreatment and bullying, and <br /> repealing our state's nondiscrimination protections would put them at even greater <br /> risk of harassment, discrimination, and violence; and <br /> Whereas: protecting people from discrimination—including people who are transgender—is <br /> about treating others as we want to be treated. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN of the Town of Lexington, <br /> Massachusetts, declare that we support the Commonwealth's existing nondiscrimination <br /> protections for transgender people. <br /> We will strive to ensure that similar nondiscrimination protections continue to exist in the town <br /> of Lexington if the Commonwealth's nondiscrimination law is repealed. <br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands and caused the seal of Lexington to be affixed <br /> herewith on the 9'of July 2018. <br /> *, <br /> 0 <br /> SUZANN .BARRY,CHAIRMAN JOSEPH', .PATO^� <br /> MICHELLX L.CICCOLO r„ DOUGLA LUCENTE <br /> a, ' ewe"XJLs <br /> f <br /> JILL I.HAI <br />