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Almost immediately after coming under Republican control, a Connecticut town council has voted to ban the LGBTQ+ Pride flag at its town hall.
He gave the nonpartisan town council and mayor an ultimatum to exclude the gay pastor.
Crystal Moore of Latta, S.C., speaks out on her firing, while the Town Council holds her job open in hopes of rehiring her.
Mayor Jim Pruitt couldn't get a single legislator to second an ordinance restricting transgender bathroom use.
The official ranted about discrimination against “fat people” when confronted at a town council meeting.
They include the first lesbian state delegate in Virginia and the first transgender elected official in Pennsylvania.
The law mirrors the Ohio Fairness Act, which bans discrimnation in work, housing, and public accomodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
David Nation was the only applicant to fill a vacant seat on the Waynesville Village Council but was turned away, ostensibly for his activism on LGBTQ+ rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
An Ohio man was denied a position on his village's council despite being the only applicant, and the council president's reasoning was pretty blatant.
Jess Herbst, the state's first transgender state official, led her first town council meeting Tuesday as her authentic self, and says she's been well-received in her conservative Texas town.
Residents of Latta, S.C., say Crystal Moore was an exemplary officer and chief, but Mayor Earl Bullard wanted to get rid of her because she's a lesbian.
Video of the two men urinating helped commenters quickly identify the council member and his boyfriend.
