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Beaverton resident urges city to declare LGBTQ+ sanctuary and boost safety for employees and minority residents
Summary
A lifelong Beaverton resident asked city council to adopt an LGBTQ+ sanctuary-city resolution and to take steps to protect city employees and visible minorities amid recent increases in threats, citing local and national examples.
Evelyn Coacher, a lifelong resident of Beaverton’s Elmonica neighborhood, used the public-comment period to urge the city to take steps to protect city employees and residents who are members of racial, gender and disability minorities and to consider a municipal resolution designating Beaverton an LGBTQ+ sanctuary.
Coacher, who identified her pronouns as she/they and said she graduated from Beaverton High School, told the council that threats against visible minorities have risen nationally…
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