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Lane County residents urge commissioners to affirm protections for transgender and immigrant communities
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More than a dozen residents used the Board of Commissioners’ public‑comment period on April 8 to urge Lane County to publicly affirm protections for transgender people and immigrants and to safeguard access to gender‑affirming health care.
More than a dozen residents used the Board of Commissioners’ public‑comment period on April 8 to urge Lane County to publicly affirm protections for transgender people and immigrants and to safeguard access to gender‑affirming health care.
Speakers told the board that public statements and county policy can reassure vulnerable residents and help preserve health services. Amy Onsa, board secretary of the nonprofit Transponder, described the group’s services and said, “Transponder serves everyone from the trans and queer folks who are fighting every day for their lives and their basic rights to be recognized and affirmed to the 1,450 households that Transponder served last year in its free food program.”
The testimony tracked two recurring requests: that the county (1) explicitly protect medically necessary,…
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