Mayor Michelle Wu recently announced that the City of Boston will provide grants to support community organizations catering to those who identify as transgender and nonbinary in Boston.
The Transgender Emergency Fund will receive $350,000 from the city's federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, $250,000 from the Mayor's Office of Housing, and $100,000 from the Boston Public Health Commission for its transitional housing program, according to a press release from the mayor's office. That's a total of $700,000.
More than 50 students at Smith College occupying an administration building are demanding that the school divest from weapons manufacturers supplying Israel and that the students get immunity from discipline for occupying the building.
