The Worcester City Council has approved a petition declaring Massachusetts’ second-largest municipality as a sanctuary for “transgender and gender-diverse people” after hearing residents compare the Trump administration to Nazis.

The City Council passed a resolution Tuesday that bestowed “sanctuary” status on Worcester. The post It’s official: Worcester is a ‘sanctuary city’ for transgender community appeared first on Boston.com.

On Tuesday night the city council voted in favor of becoming a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people.