WL Council: Open to ‘safe zone’ pleas from transgender community

Plus, with WL industrial wastewater limits coming, neighbors vent on unknowns of SK hynix plans that inspired them. TV18 up for sale. Carryout drinks about to be served at WL Farmers Market

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WEST LAFAYETTE COUNCIL: OPEN TO ‘SAFE ZONE’ PLEAS FROM TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

Pleas from the LGBTQ community Monday for West Lafayette to be a sort of sanctuary city for transgender residents to find gender-affirming care met with a willingness from the city council to consider drafting a resolution to that effect.

Larry Leverenz, West Lafayette City Council president, said Monday that he’d set up a committee of council members to work with advocates on a potential measure that could arrive as soon as the council’s July 7 meeting.

“I think there’s some understanding, some learning that has to happen on this end,” Leverenz said, after nearly a dozen people spoke in favor of the concept during public comment time at Monday’s city council meeting. “Hopefully, you can help us do that and move forward.”

Organizers pushing for a gender-affirming care statement from the city initially planned to make their pitch to the city council on May 5. That meeting featured a nearly seven-hour debate and public comment in an overflowing city hall about the proposed rezoning of 121 acres north of Kalberer Road for the $3.87 billion SK hynix advanced chip packaging facility, which ended with a 6-3 city council vote that came at 1:20 a.m.

On Monday, a few dozen advocates – many holding signs and pink, blue and white transgender flags – waited through a significantly shorter city council agenda to make their case for West Lafayette to step in.