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Maria Villarroel

Philadelphia City Council Prepares to Protect LGBTQ Residents With New Resolution Ahead of Trump Term

Philadelphia will become the latest city to assess how to prepare and protect their vulnerable residents ahead of the new Trump administration (Credit: Getty Images)

Philadelphia will become the latest city to assess how to prepare and protect their vulnerable residents ahead of the new Trump administration after the City Council called for public hearings focused on safeguarding their local LGBTQ people.

The measure was introduced by council member Rue Landau, the city's first openly LGBTQ Council member after she revealed how she receives texts nearly everyday from constituents worried for their LGBTQ children, their marriages being legal, and from immigrants who are scared of their families being deported to places they've never seen, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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