Protecting and Preserving the Rights of
Trans & Nonbinary Communities
In partnership with Eastside for All, Pride Across the Bridge is calling on all Eastside cities to formally protect and uplift their trans and nonbinary residents, workers, and visitors. We know that resolutions matter—visibility matters—and so do actionable protections.
Milo Valentine accepting the City of Kirkland’s Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation, 2025
A beautiful turnout of LGBTQIA+ residents, parents, allies, youth, and activists at Bellevue’s Resolution passing
Read our Email to City Leaders shared Feb/March 2025, and the Needs Shared by Our Community.
We are living through an incredible and pivotal time—one marked by more than just the rollback of freedoms for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. We are witnessing a broader strategy of harm targeting queer, immigrant, women, and service-working communities across the country. While vocal support from some city leaders can be comforting, they are not enough. We need bold, protective actions and clear affirmation—for both the now and the future—to ensure our cities are ready to stand strong in the face of worsening realities. Just like many individuals, our local leaders are feeling overwhelmed and under immense pressure in a rapidly shifting landscape. That intensity often leads to paralysis, with too many things to safeguard, learn, and respond to at once.
But there is good news: our cities want to hear from us. Councilmembers, mayors, and state leaders across Washington are looking to their communities for guidance. This call to action provides a concrete opportunity to move beyond words of affirmation and into meaningful, actionable protections. Each Eastside city is walking its own path to consider and craft a resolution that reflects its values and responsibilities. Some have already taken inspiring steps. Others are engaging thoughtfully with the needs shared by our community to ensure their commitments are more than symbolic—they are lasting, lived, and enforceable.
Stay informed with our City-to-City Updates to see where each city is in responding to this call to action!
Each Resolution is brought to the city through their own unique Resolution pathways for city to review through Equity Boards, City Managers, Attorneys, and Council leadership.
Who Has Affirmed Their Resolution So Far?
- 1St Legislative District Democrats– Resolution for a Sanctuary, Protecting and Preserving the Rights of our 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
- The City of Bothell– Resolution Affirming Bothell as a Welcoming Community for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Diverse People
- The City of Sammamish- Resolution: Reaffirming The City’s Support For Our LGBTQIA2S+ Neighbors
- The City of Redmond- Affirming Redmond as a City that Welcomes Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse Communities and Commits to Proactive Protections for the Civil Rights, Safety, and Well-Being of All 2SLGTBQIA+ Individuals
- City of Kirkland- Resolution R-5686 Affirming the City of Kirkland is a Welcoming, Inclusive, and Safe City for the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
- City of Renton- “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AFFIRMING RENTON AS A WELCOMING AND PROTECTIVE CITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERSEX, ASEXUAL, TWO-SPIRIT, AND OTHER LGBTQIA2S+ INDIVIDUALS”
Who’s With Us
What Our Sign-On’s Have to Say
The Renton 4/7/2025 council meeting where beautiful souls shared a need for city affirmation and protections.
The Bothell 4/15/2025 council meeting where an enormous amount of people shared their need for their city to step up to this action call.
The Redmond 6/3/2025 council meeting where the city shared their Pride proclamation and the city’s Welcoming Resolution.
The Kirkland 6/17/2025 council meeting where the city shared a beautiful presentation and their Welcoming Resolution.
Erika with The City of Kirkland presenting on their Welcoming Resolution.
- Our Eastside communities are a great place to live and work because they are a melting pot of diverse voices, including our transgender and gender diverse neighbors. LGBTQIA+ people deserve the same rights, respect, and safety as everyone else. In the end we are judged for how we choose to treat others and we have an opportunity to show a good example to neighboring communities by becoming a sanctuary region.
- As an Issaquah resident and small business owner, it is incredibly important to me that this community is a safe haven for queer and trans folks.
- May all persons in our community be protected and supported to thrive.
- We live on the Eastside and want our cities to be sanctuary cities.
- 5.2% of the adult population in Washington state identifies as LGBTQ. 17% of adults in the Seattle metropolitan area identify as LGBTQ. The Seattle metropolitan area has the second highest percentage of LGBTQ people in the United States, after San Francisco. It is imperative we show our support for our community.”
- Thanks so much for spearheading this!
- In solidarity!
- Thank you for putting this together! Wishing you and your org the best. Stay safe and loved <3 Thanks for your hard work <3
- Happy to support! Keep fighting the good fight!! Appreciate you! Thank YOU!
- Thank you so much for all that you do! <3
- Thank you for doing this! In solidarity, always!
- Thank you. This is an excellent letter. So heartbreaking.
- Thank you ❤️
- You’re amazing and special <3
- Thank you for organizing this, glad to support.
- In standing in solidarity with our friends, family, & neighbors of all genders & identities, we are not only doing the right thing, but we are on the right side of history. Love wins!
- Thank you for your work!
- On behalf of SPLASHForward, we proudly support the resolution by our local cities to become Sanctuary Cities for our 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Our collective leadership is essential for members of this community to feel supported, seen, heard, and kept safe.
- You’re all perfect.
- Thank you so much for all that you do.
- Thank you for bringing this up Keep the fight going!
- Thank you for this! I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to include my name AND the church’s name – please separate out if that is best. I want it to be clear that our whole church supports this. As do I, as pastor of it. :) Thanks!
- Trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people deserve to live with dignity and freedom from fear. Let’s lead with inclusion and respect for the basic human rights of all.
- Keep up the great work you all do.
- Thank you for doing this.
- You’re doing good work 🫡
- I support this with all of my heart! Especially in this day and age, LGBTQIA rights are so important. We can’t go backwards!