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Council adopts Transgender Day of Visibility resolution; advocates ask for material actions
Summary
The City Council adopted a resolution recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility and reaffirming Long Beach as a safe city; public speakers urged the council to pair symbolic recognition with policy actions, including calls to end city contracts with SpaceX and to strengthen housing protections for transgender residents.
The City Council adopted a resolution officially recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility and reaffirming Long Beach as welcoming and safe for transgender and LGBTQIA+ residents.
Speakers during public comment expressed broad support for the symbolic resolution but several urged the council to follow recognition with concrete policy changes. Multiple speakers asked the city to consider ending or restricting contracts or expansions with SpaceX, citing statements and actions by the company’s leadership they described as hostile to transgender people. Others connected the resolution to housing and eviction protections, urging the council to adopt tenant protections — including ending the “substantial remodel” eviction loophole and improving eviction and rent safeguards — to reduce homelessness and displacement among transgender and other vulnerable residents.
Council members across the dais voiced support for the resolution, emphasized the city’s inclusive values and noted the need to pair symbolic gestures with policy support for housing, safety and services. The resolution passed on a voice vote.
