As BTL ntu the Mayors Agast LGBT Discrimatn seri, we hear om Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver who pledged his oath as the first openly-gay mayor the cy of Southfield on Nov. 16, 2015. Dpe nng a mpaign distracted and dispted by people wrg "fag," "rapist," "sodome," and "racist" on his mpaign signs, Siver said at the time, " is a ttament to the people of this cy that they saw through the hatred, bigotry, homophobia and dirty tricks and elected their first gay mayor."
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She prais Ms Lightfoot’s discipled mpaign and expects the succs will further move “the natnal imagatn”, epeng acceptance of gay policians and givg the cy somethg to cheer. Colorado has a gay ernor, Jared Polis, and Oregon has a lbian one, Kate Brown. Ms Parker timat there are roughly 700 openly gay public officials natnally, cludg two senators and eight members of Congrs (all of them Democrats).
This week’s special Pri Issue stallment for the BTL seri, Michigan Mayors Agast LGBT Discrimatn, featur Ferndale’s own openly gay mayor, Dave Coulter. Coulter has been mayor of Ferndale sce 2011. * mayors against lgbt discrimination *
Amerins have had 45 years to get ed to gay people public office. Kathy Kozachenko, a stunt Ann Arbor, Michigan, was the first succsful gay ndidate anywhere, wng a cy uncil seat April 1974.