00:00Boston's liberal mayor, Michelle Wu, is funding a new program aimed at giving, quote, queer and trans migrants money for
00:06wellness.
00:07Think massages, yoga classes, and creative healing.
00:11The taxpayer-funded program comes as the city faces a $50 million budget deficit.
00:16This feel-good cash is nothing to sniff at, either.
00:19It's a pretty big chunk of change, between $250 and $500.
00:23The money will be doled out by a nonprofit called Out Newcomers.
00:27The group blasted out an ad about the program, which is aimed at providing non-clinical care to LGBTQ migrants.
00:33The money, the ad explains, is, quote, our way of saying you deserve rest, healing, and community.
00:39Many LGBTQ plus migrants carry trauma, isolation, and survival on their shoulders, often without access to care.
00:45Now, it's not clear how much coin the city government is actually spending on the program,
00:50but the announcement of it was more than enough to irk a few critics online, as I'm sure you can
00:55imagine.
00:55Mayor Wu has proposed a $4.9 billion budget for the city for 2027.
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