During its first year, the Los Angeles County’s LGBTQ+ Commission dealt with some major issues, including bans on gay, lesbian and trans books, federal policies targeting transgender people, plus the loss of homes of two of its own commissioners amid the massive January wildfires.

These are just some of the problems the brand new county commission outlined in its inaugural report released on Oct. 22.

“Yes, TGI (Transgender, Gender Expansive, Intersex) and LGBQ immigrants are under crisis,” said Hector Plascencia (they/we), who chairs the new commission, during an interview on Monday, Oct. 27.

Plascencia also referenced raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents in Southern California since early June that has created an atmosphere

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