The Arlgton Heights chapter of the League of Women Voters is aga llg for the village of Arlgton Heights to allow the gay pri flag be flown on village property, pecially Village Hall.
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- ARLGTON HEIGHTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS APPEALS AGA FOR VILLAGE TO RENSIR ALLOWG GAY PRI FLAG TO FLY, BUT MAYOR REPEATS THE VILLAGE BOARD’S ‘NO’
- ARLGTON HEIGHTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS APPEALS AGA FOR VILLAGE TO RENSIR ALLOWG GAY PRI FLAG TO FLY, BUT MAYOR REPEATS THE VILLAGE BOARD’S ‘NO’
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
ARLGTON HEIGHTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS APPEALS AGA FOR VILLAGE TO RENSIR ALLOWG GAY PRI FLAG TO FLY, BUT MAYOR REPEATS THE VILLAGE BOARD’S ‘NO’
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A lol chapter of the League of Women Voters has joed the ongog opposn to the Arlgton Heights flag ordance that prohibs the flyg of a gay pri flag on village bate over flyg the rabow-lored flag at Village Hall surfaced last year when the board approved an ordance that only allows the Amerin, state of Illois and the POW/MIA flags to be flown on village discsn followed a bate nearby Buffalo Grove, home of the first suburban gay pri para. For the last two years, the gay pri flag has been flown at the Capol buildg Sprgfield durg the month of June as a “symbol of the state’s mment to standg wh and celebratg the LGBTQ muny.
Tstee Debbie Smart may have blurred the le when she said, “we received many emails om our muny, of who we’re supposed to reprent, the affirmative for the Gay Pri flag. The library would then be amplifyg the speech of select private cizens by raisg the Gay Pri flag that those select cizens sire. Is the Gay Pri flag really clive?
” But actually might not be divisive on a street where gay pri is beg celebrated when private cizens are volved. We received many emails om our muny, of whom we're supposed to reprent, the affirmative for the gay Pri flag, " said Tstee Debbie Smart, chairperson of the Northwt Suburban Pri Actn Fund, who amend the Glenview policy for Arlgton Heights. A lol chapter of the League of Women Voters has joed the ongog opposn to the Arlgton Heights flag ordance that prohibs the flyg of a gay pri flag on village property.
ARLGTON HEIGHTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS APPEALS AGA FOR VILLAGE TO RENSIR ALLOWG GAY PRI FLAG TO FLY, BUT MAYOR REPEATS THE VILLAGE BOARD’S ‘NO’
That discsn followed a bate nearby Buffalo Grove, home of the first suburban gay pri para. Raisg gay pri flags and signs of support for the LGBTQ+ muny, about 75 monstrators marched to Arlgton Heights Village Hall Thursday, cryg an ordance tste recently passed that banned special tert flags om beg posted crowd gathered at North School Park the downtown area and moved down Arlgton Heights Road to Village Hall. “The refal to fly the pri and Jueenth flags ignor a simple yet powerful way to create an affirmg and safe place Arlgton Heights, ” said Le Sparreo, one of the event anizers and speakers who said he grew up discrimated agast as a gay male Arlgton Heights.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Many participants draped gay pri flags over themselv while others held signs that read, “I love you jt as you are, ” “Stronger Together, Incln Matters, ” “Reprentatn Matters, ” and “Rich Diversy, Rich Culture. ’”Le Sparreo, an openly gay Arlgton Heights rint, spoke July 22, 2021 at a news nference outsi of the Arlgton Heights Village Hall Arlgton Heights as part of a monstratn agast a recently-passed flag ordance.
The amendment proposal County Commissner Kev Morrison, D-15th District, spoke durg the news nference and touted his recent succs havg the gay pri flag flown at Daley Plaza downtown Chigo durg the month of June.