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Residents urge Renton City Council to adopt LGBTQ sanctuary resolution
Summary
Dozens of residents — including young people, advocates and local organizers — urged the Renton City Council during public comment to draft and adopt a formal LGBTQ sanctuary or protections resolution, citing rising national threats to queer and trans people and local incidents of harassment.
Dozens of Renton residents used the public-comment period at the April 7 City Council meeting to press the council to develop and adopt a formal resolution declaring Renton a sanctuary or otherwise affirming protections for LGBTQ+ residents.
Speakers emphasized that recent national policy efforts and local incidents make city-level assurances and concrete protections especially urgent. "Young people are the canary in the coal mine," said Bailey Madillo, who identified herself as representing The Washington Bus. "This issue matters, and it needs to be dealt with urgently, respectfully, and with all of the capacity that it demands and respects."
The appeals were wide-ranging: Adam Hone, a Renton resident, said a resolution would signal the city is a safe place where people can…
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