The City of Olympia may soon be Washington’s first Sanctuary City for transgender and other LGBTQ+ people. About a dozen community members spoke during public comment Dec. 10 to ask the council ...

Olympia’s city council voted Washington’s capital as first sanctuary city for gay, lesbian, trans, queer, other LGBTQ+ people in the state.

Ray said Olympia joins only three other places in the U.S. that have declared themselves a sanctuary city or state for queer people. They are New York State, Kansas City, and Ithaca, New York, she ...

DHS listed over 500 jurisdictions, including most of Washington, as non-cooperative. State officials defend the Keep Washington Working Act as compliant with federal law. The cities of Olympia and ...

DHS listed over 500 jurisdictions, including most of Washington, as non-cooperative. State officials defend the Keep Washington Working Act as compliant with federal law. The cities of Olympia and ...

He said the council didn’t necessarily want to have to declare Olympia a sanctuary for anything, including immigrants, political refugees, reproductive rights and now LGBTQIA2S+ people.

DHS listed over 500 jurisdictions, including most of Washington, as non-cooperative. State officials defend the Keep Washington Working Act as compliant with federal law. The cities of Olympia and ...

The DHS lists over 500 sanctuary jurisdictions, including Washington cities, sparking strong responses to Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement agenda.