City Council go on record rebuking President Trump’s discriminatory and Un-American behavior to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the US Armed Forces

How it started

Aug 7, 2017 · Proposed by Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillor Mazen: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Sep 11, 2017 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 11, 2017