西雅图市政府拨款12.5万美元助性少数群体组织，11月7日办社区资源日
华盛顿州金县西雅图市消息：西雅图市政府11月6日宣布，向两家服务性少数群体的社区组织拨款共12.5万美元，其中薰衣草权利项目与 GenPride 各获6.25万美元，重点帮助在获取服务方面面临障碍的跨性别与多元性别群体。市长凯蒂·威尔逊与市议员亚历克西斯·梅赛德斯·林克今年8月确定了55万美元一次性拨款，用于应对西雅图性少数群体的紧急需求，其中30万美元拨给市人力服务局分发给本地社区组织，包括5万美元用于社区资源活动与25万美元用于支持社区组织。薰衣草权利项目主要服务跨性别与多元性别的有色人种群体，尤其关注黑人居民；GenPride 则服务年长的性少数群体。市政府表示，未来几周还将公布更多拨款。与此同时，市政府民权办公室11月7日上午11时至下午4时在西雅图市南罗伯托·马埃斯塔斯节街1660号的拉萨中心举办社区资源日，帮助性少数群体居民对接社区组织与可用资源。
（来源：西雅图市政府）
Seattle Awards $125,000 to LGBTQ Community Groups, Hosts Community Resource Day on November 7
SEATTLE, King County, Washington - The City of Seattle announced on November 6 that it will award a total of $125,000 to two community organizations serving LGBTQ residents, with the Lavender Rights Project and GenPride each receiving $62,500, focused on transgender and gender-diverse people who face barriers to services. Mayor Katie Wilson and Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck set aside a one-time appropriation of $550,000 in August to meet urgent needs in Seattle's LGBTQ community, of which $300,000 goes to the Human Services Department for distribution to local community organizations, including $50,000 for community resource events and $250,000 to support community organizations. The Lavender Rights Project primarily serves transgender and gender-diverse people of color, with a particular focus on Black residents, while GenPride serves older LGBTQ adults. The city said more awards will be announced in the coming weeks. The city's Office for Civil Rights also hosted a community resource day on November 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at El Centro de la Raza, 1660 South Roberto Maestas Festival Street, connecting LGBTQ residents with community organizations and available resources.
(Source: City of Seattle)
来源：西雅图市政府
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