{"id":5430,"date":"2026-04-16T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:00:44","slug":"woke-boston-mayor-hands-out-500-haircut-and-massage-vouchers-to-queer-and-trans-migrants-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5430","title":{"rendered":"Woke Boston mayor hands out $500 haircut and massage vouchers to queer and trans migrants, refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Boston\u2019s woke Mayor Michelle Wu is funding a new program that gives \u201cqueer and trans\u201d migrants up to $500 for massages, yoga classes and creative healing \u2014 despite the city being crushed by a nearly $50 million deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called \u201cwellness allowances\u201d are being handed out by a nonprofit called OUTnewcomers and is backed by the Mayor\u2019s Office for Immigrant Advancement, the group revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re offering $250\u2013$500 wellness allowances for LGBTQ+ migrants in Boston to support their mental health and well-being through non-clinical care including yoga, meditation, creative healing, peer support, hair salon\/ acupuncture &amp; massages appointments and gym memberships etc.,\u201d an advertisement blasted out by the group reads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Boston Mayor Michelle Wu waves to the crowd as she marches in the parade.  <span class=\"credit\">Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cProject: \u2018Belonging Matters\u2019 is our way of saying: you deserve rest, healing, and community. Many LGBTQ+ migrants carry trauma, isolation, and survival on their shoulders often without access to care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vouchers range from $250 to $500, and can only be used in Boston \u2014 with priority given to \u201clow-income, isolated queer and trans migrant, asylum seekers and refugees,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Critics were quick to bash the program, with some on social media ripping the government for wasting taxpayers\u2019 cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWTF. Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu launched a program that gives $250-500 vouchers to \u201cLGBTQ+ Migrants\u201d so they can get free yoga classes, salon visits, massages, gym memberships, and MORE. All funded with YOUR tax dollars,\u201d one raged on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you thought they were just gonna waste all that money you sent them today,\u201d another griped.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Boston\u2019s woke Mayor Michelle Wu is funding a new program that gives \u201cqueer and trans\u201d migrants up to $500 for massages, yoga classes and creative healing \u2014 despite the city being crushed by a nearly $50 million deficit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Demonstrators rally to support Mayor Wu, as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testifies about immigration policies at a hearing held by the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, outside city hall in Boston Massachusetts on March 5, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how much taxpayer funds Wu\u2019s administration has set aside for the program.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which is currently accepting applications, was unveiled as the city grapples with a $48.4 million budget deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Wu, for her part, has proposed a $4.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reached out to the nonprofit but didn\u2019t hear back immediately.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async 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