HOUGHTON – Tuesday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting attracted more than 400 residents to the Courthouse regarding a proposed resolution declaring there are only two sexes, which are determined by XY Chromosomes and XX Chromosomes.

During the public comment period of the Board meeting, for two hours, more than 150 people addressed the Board, the overwhelming majority of whom opposed the resolution, while there were some who favored it.

Among those in opposition was Dr. Shelby Owens of Lake Linden. Like many members of the public present, she said, she was appalled to read the resolution, which she said was rife with medical misinformation. “I believe it is intended as an affront to the rights of transgender and gender non-binary people and to cause discord in this communit

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