LA's lesbian fire chief battles blazes and bigots
Los Angeles's first out LGBTQ+ fire chief, Kristin Crowley, leads by example in the fight against multiple apocalyptic fires.
January 9, 2025
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A Minneapolis
city panel recommended Tuesday that officials fire Bonnie
Bleskachek, the nation's first openly lesbian big-city fire
chief, in the wake of firefighter lawsuits accusing
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earlier agreed to step down, but the city's executive
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