Louisiana Mayor Wants to Protect Gays

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Shreveport, La., mayor Cedric Glover wants the city's nondiscrimination policy to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Shreveport Times reports that Cedric Glover and three city council members will push for the change by lobbying other city councilmen and women.

"It is the right, proper, and appropriate thing to do," Glover said.

The mayor's actions come on the heels of a minor scandal that had a city councilman attempting to pull city money from the nonprofit Robinson Film Center because he claimed it "supported gay and lesbian rights."

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