Erie Leaders Pass Resolution Creating Pennsylvania’s First ‘LGBT Sanctuary City’

City council members Ed Brzezinski (L), Jasmine Flores (2L), Michael Keyes(3L), Chuck Nelson (3R), Mel Witherspoon (2R) and Maurice “Mo” Troop (R) debate whether to adopt a resolution that would declare their intention to create a "sanctuary city" for LGBT individuals in Erie, Pa., on July 19, 2023. Courtesy of Dr. Tony Ruffa

Elected leaders in Erie, Pennsylvania, have voted to declare their community an LGBT “sanctuary city.”

The move this week comes as an apparent response to a push by local parents to have sexually explicit books removed from the community’s public libraries.