County's anti-gay rolutn remas on the books - GREENVILLE JOURNAL

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• GAY CISG GREENVILLE COUNTY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAYT PLAC IN SOUTH CAROLA FOR 2020
• GREENVILLE, S.C., OVERTURNS POLICY THAT SILENCED LGBTQ RINTS FOR 24 YEARS"I WANTED THIS TO BE A PLACE OUR MUNY DIDN'T HAVE TO FLEE AND LEAVE THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GOT.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMARCH 16, 2020/3:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3828PX;WIDTH:5681PX;}GETTYBELFAST PRI, NORTHERN IRELAND'S LARGT CROSS MUNAL EVENT, BRGS TOGETHER LGBTI PEOPLE, ALONG WH VAST NUMBERS OF SUPPORTERS, IENDS AND FAY. IT IS LOUD EXPRSN OF HOW NORMAL LIFE N BE EXPERIENCED A NON SEGRATRATED SOCIETY, WEIGHED DOWN BY TRAGIC HISTORY, AND ON GOG SECTARIAN DIVISN, SPE THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT.BY NI LANGMARCH 16, 2020 / 3:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GREENVILLE, S.C., OVERTURNS POLICY THAT SILENCED LGBTQ RINTS FOR 24 YEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-16T19:31:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-16T19:31:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RODNEY TOW KNEW HE NEED TO GET AWAY OM THE SOUTH FOR HIS OWN SANY. SO AFTER MEETG A FRENCHMAN 20 YEARS AGO WHO WAS WORKG ON ASSIGNMENT TOW’S HOMETOWN OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLA, HE MOVED BACK WH HIM TO FRANCE BEFORE LIVG LUXEMBOURG FOR SEVEN YEARS. AFTER THEY BROKE UP 2009, TOW WENT BACK UNR ONE NDN: IT HAD TO BE ON HIS OWN TERMS. HE WAS GOG TO LIVE OPENLY AND HONTLY A WAY HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO DO GROWG UP THE LATE 1980S AND EARLY ‘{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU HAD NO OPENLY GAY PEOPLE THE MUNY,” TOW TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “YOU HAD NO ROLE MOLS AT THAT TIME. YOU WERE NSTANTLY TGHT THAT YOU WERE GOG TO HELL. BEE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO ATLANTA, THE FIRST THG EVERYONE WANTED TO DO WAS LEAVE. I WANTED THIS TO BE A PLACE OUR MUNY DIDN'T HAVE TO FLEE AND LEAVE THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREENVILLE TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARD TRANSFORMATN LAST WEEK WHEN SOUTH CAROLA’S SIXTH-LARGT CY REPEALED A S-OLD ANTI-GAY ORDANCE. IN 1996, THE TOWN OF 68,000 PASSED A ROLUTN STATG THAT “LIFTYL ADVOTED BY THE GAY MUNY SHOULD NOT BE ENDORSED BY ERNMENT POLICYMAKERS BEE THEY ARE PATIBLE WH THE STANDARDS TO WHICH THIS MUNY SUBSCRIB,” AND WAS STCK DOWN ON WEDNDAY BY A 7-5 VOTE OF THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL.GETTYUSA, SOUTH CAROLA, GREENVILLE, FALLS PARK ON THE REEDY RIVER, RIVERSI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREENVILLE, SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOW SAYS THE ORDANCE, WHILE LARGELY SYMBOLIC, HAD LONG ST A SHADOW OVER LGBTQ LIFE GREENVILLE. THE CY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS NEVER HAD S OWN LGBTQ PRI FTIVAL. ITS RINTS ARE STEAD FORCED TO CELEBRATE JUNE PRI MONTH NEIGHBORG SPARTANBURG, WHICH IS A 30-E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE PRINT OF THE AREA’S LOL LGBTQ ANIZATN, UPSTATE PRI, TOW KNEW THE ORDANCE HAD TO GO IF GREENVILLE WAS EVER GOG TO BE A PLACE WHERE THE MUNY FELT LIKE THERE WAS SPACE FOR THEM TO EXIST. “WE KNEW HOW MUCH HURT AND DAMAGE ED,” HE EXPLAS. “WE REALLY WANTED TO ATTACK THE ORDANCE HEAD-ON AND SAY, ‘THIS NEEDS TO GO BEE DON’T REPRENT WHAT GREENVILLE IS TODAY.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH GREENVILLE HAS RECENTLY VELOPED A REPUTATN AS A RELATIVELY PROGRSIVE ENCLAVE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLA, THE ORDANCE’S REPEAL WAS FAR OM ASSURED. THE MAJORY OF S 12-MEMBER TOWN UNCIL ARE REPUBLIN, WHE MEN OVER THE AGE OF 60, AND TOW SAYS MANY ARE “NNECTED” TO BOB JON UNIVERSY, ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST RIGHT-WG CHRISTIAN LLEG. IN S STUNT HANDBOOK, THE UNIVERSY EXPLICLY BANS SAME-SEX DATG ON MP AND PROHIBS TRANS STUNTS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PARTIALLY OWG TO THE UNCIL’S NSERVATIVE MAKP, THE ORDANCE’S REPEAL FAILED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. AFTER LOL RELIG GROUPS PACKED A MARCH 3 HEARG, TWO UNCILMEMBERS—WHO LGBTQ ADVOT HOPED WOULD VOTE WH THEM—FLIPPED AT THE LAST MUTE. THE FAL TALLY WAS 8 TO 3 FAVOR OF KEEPG THE ANTI-GAY ROLUTN TACT.CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL (L) AND OTHER ACTIVISTS PRENT FOR THE GREENVILLE ORDANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANS GRASSROOTS ANIZATN GENR BENRS, SAYS THE IAL VOTE WAS A “VASTATG BLOW” TO THE LOL LGBTQ MUNY. “WE HEARD SOME REALLY HATEFUL ANTI-LGBTQ RHETORIC,” HILL TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT WAS REALLY PAFUL, BUT THEY NEVER HAD THE POWER TO LEGISLATE OUR DIGNY. REGARDLS OF WHAT THEY SAY, WE’RE STILL HERE THRIVG THIS MUNY AND HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CISN TO KEEP THE ANTI-GAY ORDANCE PLACE WAS MET WH FIERCE OPPOSN OM THE GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT FEARED GREENVILLE WOULD REPEAT THE MISTAK OF NORTH CAROLA, WHICH FACED A NATNWI BACKLASH FOLLOWG THE PASSAGE OF S ANTI-TRANS BATHROOM BILL 2016. THE LAW WAS AMEND AFTER MORE THAN 200 BS LLED FOR A BOYTT OF THE STATE, WHICH THE ASSOCIATED PRS TIMATED WOULD ST NORTH CAROLA $3.7 BILLN LOST REVENUE OVER THE G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOW SAYS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN REACHG OUT TO ALL THE “MAJOR POWER PLAYERS” THE AREA AND ASKED THEM TO PUT PRSURE ON THE CY UNCIL TO OVERTURN THE VOTE. “THEY DIDN'T WANT GREENVILLE TO BEE NORTH CAROLA AND LOSE LNS AND LNS OF DOLLARS BEE OF THE BLACK EYE OM THIS,” HE NOT. “THAT'S REALLY WHAT MA THE DIFFERENCE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE IAL VOTE, THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL STCK A PROMISE ON THE ORDANCE. COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO SUNSET ALL ROLUTNS PASSED PRR TO 2016, WHICH MEANS THE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE WOULD BE WIPED OFF THE BOOKS WHOUT NEEDG TO BATE THE ISSUE OF LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS SOON AS THEY HAD THEIR FAL VOTE, EVERYONE JT EPTED,” HILL RELLS. “I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW ELSE TO SCRIBE OTHER THAN WAS JT AN EPTN OF JOY.”CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALYCHARLTON EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SOUTHERN EQUALY BY REE MOORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ YOUTH ACTIVISTS SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ ADVOT HOPE THAT THE FEAT OF GREENVILLE’S ANTI-GAY ORDANCE SPIR FURTHER PROGRS SOUTH CAROLA, AND THEY BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE ADVANC ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY. THE VERY SAME DAY THAT THE UNCIL OVERTURNED S VOTE, A U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE LED THE STATE’S 32-YEAR-OLD LAW PROHIBG TEACHERS OM MENTNG THE LGBTQ MUNY SEXUAL TN CURRICULA WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE REGULATNS ARE MONLY REFERRED TO AS “NO PROMO HOMO” LAWS, LAMBDA LEGAL ATTORNEY PETER RENN SAID THAT PHRASE ACTUALLY “UNRSELLS THE HARM THAT THE LAWS HAVE.” FIVE STAT—ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS—STILL HAVE LEGISLATN ON THE BOOKS PROHIBG THE SO-LLED “PROMOTN” OF HOMOSEXUALY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT RENN SAYS SOUTH CAROLA’S LAW WENT EVEN FURTHER THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT PROHIBED EVEN THE DISCSN OF [LGBTQ LIV],” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT, NOTG THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE ULD ONLY BE MENTNED DURG DISCSNS ABOUT HIV/AIDS. “THAT ONLY RERCED THE STIGMA BY IMPLYG THAT THE ONLY THG THAT STUNTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ PEOPLE IS THEIR PURPORTED ASSOCIATN WH DISEASE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELI BUNDY, A 15-YEAR-OLD STUNT WHO WAS A PLATIFF THE LAWSU TO OVERTURN THE CURRICULUM LAW, SAYS MA QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH FEEL AS IF THEIR INTI ARE SO “UNACCEPTABLE OR UNNATURAL THAT ULDN’T EVEN BE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I TOOK SEX ED TWICE, AND BOTH TIM PEERS OF ME ASKED ABOUT QUEER RELATNSHIPS,” BUNDY TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BOTH TIM OUR TEACHER SAID THAT THEY FLAT OUT ULDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT SUBJECT. IT WAS VERY DISAPPOTG BEE THAT TYPE OF ATTU FEEDS TO A SCHOOL CLIMATE OF DISCRIMATN, NOT FEELG ACCEPTED, AND NOT FEELG WELE YOUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.”CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALYCHARLTON EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SOUTHERN EQUALY BY REE MOORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE LAW PERTAED SOLELY TO SEX-ED URS, HAD A MUCH LARGER IMPACT ON STUNT LIFE. MANY DISTRICTS SOUTH CAROLA PLACED FACTO BANS ON THE FORMATN OF GENR-SEXUALY ALLIANC ON MP, AND A 2017 SURVEY OM GLSEN FOUND THAT 87% OF RPONNTS HAD HEARD HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCHOOLS. MEANWHILE, JT 4% SAID THEIR SCHOOL HAD A PREHENSIVE POLICY PLACE TO PREVENT LGBTQ STUNTS OM BEG BULLIED OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RENN HOP THAT THE LAW’S REPEAL WILL “MARK A NEW DAY” FOR LGBTQ STUNTS SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY HAVE, UP UNTIL THIS POT, BEEN PRIVED OF AN EQUAL OPPORTUNY, TO BENEF OM THEIR TN LIKE THEIR PEERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO,” HE SAYS. “GOG FORWARD THEY WILL HOPEFULLY FACE A LS HOSTILE CLIMATE, ONE WHERE THIS CLOUD OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN CREATED BY THE LAW NO LONGER FOLLOWS THEM AROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WH THE REPEAL OF LAWS DISCRIMATG AGAST LGBTQ PEOPLE AT THE LOL AND STATEWI LEVEL, SOUTH CAROLA STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THAT S MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS ARE PROTECTED. THE PALMETTO STATE IS ONE OF 29 THE U.S. THAT HAS YET TO PASS A PREHENSIVE LAW BANNG ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN AREAS LIKE HOG AND EMPLOYMENT, AND ’S ONE OF JT THREE—ALONG WH ARKANSAS AND WYOMG—THAT DO NOT HAVE HATE CRIME LAWS AT THE STATEWI LEVEL FOR ANY VULNERABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME A LONG TIME, LGBTQ ADVOT BELIEVE THEIR STATE WILL ONE DAY SEE THEM AS SERVG OF THE SAME RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE. AFTER LAST WEEK’S VOTE AT THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL, MUNY MEMBERS WHO HAD GATHERED FOR THE HEARG HELD A PARTY AND SUPPORT SPACE WHERE THEY DANCED TO KOOL AND THE GANG’S “CELEBRATE” AND POPPED BOTTL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS A GAY OLD TIME,” HILL SAYS. “IT WAS A HUGE DAY FOR AND TO SEE THAT JOY AFTER SO MANY WEEKS OF FEELG FEATED WAS A REALLY POWERFUL MOMENT TO BE THERE FOR AND TO GET TO WNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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GREENVILLE, S.C., OVERTURNS POLICY THAT SILENCED LGBTQ RINTS FOR 24 YEARS"I WANTED THIS TO BE A PLACE OUR MUNY DIDN'T HAVE TO FLEE AND LEAVE THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GOT.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMARCH 16, 2020/3:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3828PX;WIDTH:5681PX;}GETTYBELFAST PRI, NORTHERN IRELAND'S LARGT CROSS MUNAL EVENT, BRGS TOGETHER LGBTI PEOPLE, ALONG WH VAST NUMBERS OF SUPPORTERS, IENDS AND FAY. 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SO AFTER MEETG A FRENCHMAN 20 YEARS AGO WHO WAS WORKG ON ASSIGNMENT TOW’S HOMETOWN OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLA, HE MOVED BACK WH HIM TO FRANCE BEFORE LIVG LUXEMBOURG FOR SEVEN YEARS. AFTER THEY BROKE UP 2009, TOW WENT BACK UNR ONE NDN: IT HAD TO BE ON HIS OWN TERMS. HE WAS GOG TO LIVE OPENLY AND HONTLY A WAY HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO DO GROWG UP THE LATE 1980S AND EARLY ‘{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU HAD NO OPENLY GAY PEOPLE THE MUNY,” TOW TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “YOU HAD NO ROLE MOLS AT THAT TIME. YOU WERE NSTANTLY TGHT THAT YOU WERE GOG TO HELL. BEE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO ATLANTA, THE FIRST THG EVERYONE WANTED TO DO WAS LEAVE. I WANTED THIS TO BE A PLACE OUR MUNY DIDN'T HAVE TO FLEE AND LEAVE THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREENVILLE TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARD TRANSFORMATN LAST WEEK WHEN SOUTH CAROLA’S SIXTH-LARGT CY REPEALED A S-OLD ANTI-GAY ORDANCE. IN 1996, THE TOWN OF 68,000 PASSED A ROLUTN STATG THAT “LIFTYL ADVOTED BY THE GAY MUNY SHOULD NOT BE ENDORSED BY ERNMENT POLICYMAKERS BEE THEY ARE PATIBLE WH THE STANDARDS TO WHICH THIS MUNY SUBSCRIB,” AND WAS STCK DOWN ON WEDNDAY BY A 7-5 VOTE OF THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL.GETTYUSA, SOUTH CAROLA, GREENVILLE, FALLS PARK ON THE REEDY RIVER, RIVERSI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREENVILLE, SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOW SAYS THE ORDANCE, WHILE LARGELY SYMBOLIC, HAD LONG ST A SHADOW OVER LGBTQ LIFE GREENVILLE. THE CY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS NEVER HAD S OWN LGBTQ PRI FTIVAL. ITS RINTS ARE STEAD FORCED TO CELEBRATE JUNE PRI MONTH NEIGHBORG SPARTANBURG, WHICH IS A 30-E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE PRINT OF THE AREA’S LOL LGBTQ ANIZATN, UPSTATE PRI, TOW KNEW THE ORDANCE HAD TO GO IF GREENVILLE WAS EVER GOG TO BE A PLACE WHERE THE MUNY FELT LIKE THERE WAS SPACE FOR THEM TO EXIST. “WE KNEW HOW MUCH HURT AND DAMAGE ED,” HE EXPLAS. “WE REALLY WANTED TO ATTACK THE ORDANCE HEAD-ON AND SAY, ‘THIS NEEDS TO GO BEE DON’T REPRENT WHAT GREENVILLE IS TODAY.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH GREENVILLE HAS RECENTLY VELOPED A REPUTATN AS A RELATIVELY PROGRSIVE ENCLAVE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLA, THE ORDANCE’S REPEAL WAS FAR OM ASSURED. THE MAJORY OF S 12-MEMBER TOWN UNCIL ARE REPUBLIN, WHE MEN OVER THE AGE OF 60, AND TOW SAYS MANY ARE “NNECTED” TO BOB JON UNIVERSY, ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST RIGHT-WG CHRISTIAN LLEG. IN S STUNT HANDBOOK, THE UNIVERSY EXPLICLY BANS SAME-SEX DATG ON MP AND PROHIBS TRANS STUNTS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PARTIALLY OWG TO THE UNCIL’S NSERVATIVE MAKP, THE ORDANCE’S REPEAL FAILED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. AFTER LOL RELIG GROUPS PACKED A MARCH 3 HEARG, TWO UNCILMEMBERS—WHO LGBTQ ADVOT HOPED WOULD VOTE WH THEM—FLIPPED AT THE LAST MUTE. THE FAL TALLY WAS 8 TO 3 FAVOR OF KEEPG THE ANTI-GAY ROLUTN TACT.CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL (L) AND OTHER ACTIVISTS PRENT FOR THE GREENVILLE ORDANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANS GRASSROOTS ANIZATN GENR BENRS, SAYS THE IAL VOTE WAS A “VASTATG BLOW” TO THE LOL LGBTQ MUNY. “WE HEARD SOME REALLY HATEFUL ANTI-LGBTQ RHETORIC,” HILL TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT WAS REALLY PAFUL, BUT THEY NEVER HAD THE POWER TO LEGISLATE OUR DIGNY. REGARDLS OF WHAT THEY SAY, WE’RE STILL HERE THRIVG THIS MUNY AND HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CISN TO KEEP THE ANTI-GAY ORDANCE PLACE WAS MET WH FIERCE OPPOSN OM THE GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT FEARED GREENVILLE WOULD REPEAT THE MISTAK OF NORTH CAROLA, WHICH FACED A NATNWI BACKLASH FOLLOWG THE PASSAGE OF S ANTI-TRANS BATHROOM BILL 2016. THE LAW WAS AMEND AFTER MORE THAN 200 BS LLED FOR A BOYTT OF THE STATE, WHICH THE ASSOCIATED PRS TIMATED WOULD ST NORTH CAROLA $3.7 BILLN LOST REVENUE OVER THE G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOW SAYS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN REACHG OUT TO ALL THE “MAJOR POWER PLAYERS” THE AREA AND ASKED THEM TO PUT PRSURE ON THE CY UNCIL TO OVERTURN THE VOTE. “THEY DIDN'T WANT GREENVILLE TO BEE NORTH CAROLA AND LOSE LNS AND LNS OF DOLLARS BEE OF THE BLACK EYE OM THIS,” HE NOT. “THAT'S REALLY WHAT MA THE DIFFERENCE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE IAL VOTE, THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL STCK A PROMISE ON THE ORDANCE. COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO SUNSET ALL ROLUTNS PASSED PRR TO 2016, WHICH MEANS THE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE WOULD BE WIPED OFF THE BOOKS WHOUT NEEDG TO BATE THE ISSUE OF LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS SOON AS THEY HAD THEIR FAL VOTE, EVERYONE JT EPTED,” HILL RELLS. “I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW ELSE TO SCRIBE OTHER THAN WAS JT AN EPTN OF JOY.”CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALYCHARLTON EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SOUTHERN EQUALY BY REE MOORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ YOUTH ACTIVISTS SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ ADVOT HOPE THAT THE FEAT OF GREENVILLE’S ANTI-GAY ORDANCE SPIR FURTHER PROGRS SOUTH CAROLA, AND THEY BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE ADVANC ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY. THE VERY SAME DAY THAT THE UNCIL OVERTURNED S VOTE, A U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE LED THE STATE’S 32-YEAR-OLD LAW PROHIBG TEACHERS OM MENTNG THE LGBTQ MUNY SEXUAL TN CURRICULA WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE REGULATNS ARE MONLY REFERRED TO AS “NO PROMO HOMO” LAWS, LAMBDA LEGAL ATTORNEY PETER RENN SAID THAT PHRASE ACTUALLY “UNRSELLS THE HARM THAT THE LAWS HAVE.” FIVE STAT—ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS—STILL HAVE LEGISLATN ON THE BOOKS PROHIBG THE SO-LLED “PROMOTN” OF HOMOSEXUALY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT RENN SAYS SOUTH CAROLA’S LAW WENT EVEN FURTHER THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT PROHIBED EVEN THE DISCSN OF [LGBTQ LIV],” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT, NOTG THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE ULD ONLY BE MENTNED DURG DISCSNS ABOUT HIV/AIDS. “THAT ONLY RERCED THE STIGMA BY IMPLYG THAT THE ONLY THG THAT STUNTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ PEOPLE IS THEIR PURPORTED ASSOCIATN WH DISEASE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELI BUNDY, A 15-YEAR-OLD STUNT WHO WAS A PLATIFF THE LAWSU TO OVERTURN THE CURRICULUM LAW, SAYS MA QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH FEEL AS IF THEIR INTI ARE SO “UNACCEPTABLE OR UNNATURAL THAT ULDN’T EVEN BE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I TOOK SEX ED TWICE, AND BOTH TIM PEERS OF ME ASKED ABOUT QUEER RELATNSHIPS,” BUNDY TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BOTH TIM OUR TEACHER SAID THAT THEY FLAT OUT ULDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT SUBJECT. IT WAS VERY DISAPPOTG BEE THAT TYPE OF ATTU FEEDS TO A SCHOOL CLIMATE OF DISCRIMATN, NOT FEELG ACCEPTED, AND NOT FEELG WELE YOUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.”CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALYCHARLTON EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SOUTHERN EQUALY BY REE MOORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVY HILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE LAW PERTAED SOLELY TO SEX-ED URS, HAD A MUCH LARGER IMPACT ON STUNT LIFE. MANY DISTRICTS SOUTH CAROLA PLACED FACTO BANS ON THE FORMATN OF GENR-SEXUALY ALLIANC ON MP, AND A 2017 SURVEY OM GLSEN FOUND THAT 87% OF RPONNTS HAD HEARD HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCHOOLS. MEANWHILE, JT 4% SAID THEIR SCHOOL HAD A PREHENSIVE POLICY PLACE TO PREVENT LGBTQ STUNTS OM BEG BULLIED OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RENN HOP THAT THE LAW’S REPEAL WILL “MARK A NEW DAY” FOR LGBTQ STUNTS SOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY HAVE, UP UNTIL THIS POT, BEEN PRIVED OF AN EQUAL OPPORTUNY, TO BENEF OM THEIR TN LIKE THEIR PEERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO,” HE SAYS. “GOG FORWARD THEY WILL HOPEFULLY FACE A LS HOSTILE CLIMATE, ONE WHERE THIS CLOUD OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN CREATED BY THE LAW NO LONGER FOLLOWS THEM AROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WH THE REPEAL OF LAWS DISCRIMATG AGAST LGBTQ PEOPLE AT THE LOL AND STATEWI LEVEL, SOUTH CAROLA STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THAT S MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS ARE PROTECTED. THE PALMETTO STATE IS ONE OF 29 THE U.S. THAT HAS YET TO PASS A PREHENSIVE LAW BANNG ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMATN AREAS LIKE HOG AND EMPLOYMENT, AND ’S ONE OF JT THREE—ALONG WH ARKANSAS AND WYOMG—THAT DO NOT HAVE HATE CRIME LAWS AT THE STATEWI LEVEL FOR ANY VULNERABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME A LONG TIME, LGBTQ ADVOT BELIEVE THEIR STATE WILL ONE DAY SEE THEM AS SERVG OF THE SAME RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE. AFTER LAST WEEK’S VOTE AT THE GREENVILLE CY COUNCIL, MUNY MEMBERS WHO HAD GATHERED FOR THE HEARG HELD A PARTY AND SUPPORT SPACE WHERE THEY DANCED TO KOOL AND THE GANG’S “CELEBRATE” AND POPPED BOTTL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS A GAY OLD TIME,” HILL SAYS. “IT WAS A HUGE DAY FOR AND TO SEE THAT JOY AFTER SO MANY WEEKS OF FEELG FEATED WAS A REALLY POWERFUL MOMENT TO BE THERE FOR AND TO GET TO WNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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