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While Florida state senators Tallahassee voted favor of the ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill, the Cy of Boynton Beach elected an openly gay

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TY PENSERGA’S HISTORIC MAYORAL W MA FLORIDA EVEN GAYER

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“You put out there whether or not I intify as gay, and the answer is I don't intify as gay, but I do intify as bisexual, " Gillum told ’s the first time the 2018 Democratic nomee for ernor Florida has spoken publicly about his sexualy. She was the first woman and first gay woman to serve as Tampa's police chief; she worked the partment for 31 years, begng as a beat p, acrdg to her mpaign sends a roundg msage to the natn that Tampa celebrat s diversy and lifts everyone up a posive touted her rerd of rcg the cy's crime rate and mpaigned on improvg Tampa's astcture, transportatn and enomy. "LGBTQ reprentatn creased natnwi wh the 2018 midterm electns raisg the number of openly LGBTQ members Congrs to creased LGBTQ reprentatn has a chance to reach the untry's hight office, as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is openly gay, announced his printial n earlier this like Castor told her supporters Tampa Tuday night, "there is so much yet to be done.

On March 8, Penserga was elected mayor of Boynton Beach Florida, makg him the first openly gay mayor of the cy as well as the first out LGBTQ Asian Amerin mayor elected Florida state history, acrdg to the Victory Fund.

Jt hours earlier on March 8, the Florida Senate passed the famoly homophobic “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which ban discsns of sexual orientatn or genr inty schools. Durg the mpaign Penserga was also the subject of homophobic remarks om his rival, Bernard Wright, who was also nng for mayor. In a Facebook Live before the electn, Wright clared “I a’t wh the LGBT, ” before warng voters that Penserga wanted to make Boynton Beach a “gay cy.

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God knows his experienc as an openly gay, Asian Amerin man is exactly what the state needs right now. We’re proud of Penserga for fightg the good fight, and not lettg homophobic bills and people stop him om makg The Sunshe State a ltle brighter. Now if only he n rename Boynton Beach to “Gay Cy, ” we’ll be very happy mpers.

– Voters Fort Lrdale elected the cy's first openly gay mayor Trantalis feated Bce Roberts a noff electn to replace longtime Mayor Jack Seiler. A ago, then-Fort Lrdale Mayor Jim Ngle ma headl after he said the cy need to buy sgle-occupancy public toilets on the beach to "rce homosexual sex bathrooms. " He also opposed a plan to put a llectn of gay and lbian lerature a public library.

It was ultimately 's ments drew the ire of gay rints, cludg Trantalis, who beme the cy's first openly gay elected official 2003. Trantalis cid not to seek re-electn 2006, but he was an outspoken opponent of Ngle's anti-gay msage.

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Trantalis prevly ran for mayor 2009 but lost to Glassman, who is also openly gay, handily feated opponent Tim Smh for one of the cy's two open missn seats. While Florida state senators Tallahassee voted favor of the ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill, the Cy of Boynton Beach elected an openly gay Filipo Amerin high school teacher as s mayor. Penserga was elected the same day the Florida state Senate passed Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which would prohib “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty” primary schools.

TRAILBLAZG GAY MAYOR DI AT 41 OM BRA ANRYSM WHILE GOG TO MEETG

Jt Flippen, mayor of Wilton Manors, died sudnly Tuday night of a bra anrysm, shockg the historilly gay-clive South Florida cy. * gay mayor florida *

Durg Penserga’s victory party, several of his stunts at Sunast Communy High School me out to support him, acrdg to South Florida Gay News. Trantalis was touted far and wi as the first openly gay mayor of a major Florida cy — wh verage not jt throughout lol media, but natnal publitns such as “The Hill.

He was 18 years too late to be the first gay mayor the area.

John Fre won a seat on the Wilton Manors Cy Council 1988, and 2000 beme Broward County’s first openly gay mayor. Like Fre, Trantalis ran not so much as a gay ndidate but as a ndidate who happened to be gay.

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