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- TY PENSERGA’S HISTORIC MAYORAL W MA FLORIDA EVEN GAYER
- DEAN TRANTALIS MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF FORT LRDALE
- PH-BORN OPENLY GAY TEACHER ELECTED MAYOR OF A FLORIDA CY
- TRAILBLAZG GAY MAYOR DI AT 41 OM BRA ANRYSM WHILE GOG TO MEETG
TY PENSERGA’S HISTORIC MAYORAL W MA FLORIDA EVEN GAYER
Now if only he n rename Boynton Beach to “Gay Cy,” we’ll be very happy mpers. * gay mayor florida *
“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.
DEAN TRANTALIS MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF FORT LRDALE
Voters Fort Lrdale elected the cy's first openly gay mayor Tuday. * gay mayor florida *
"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.
PH-BORN OPENLY GAY TEACHER ELECTED MAYOR OF A FLORIDA CY
While Florida state senators Tallahassee voted favor of the ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill, the Cy of Boynton Beach elected an openly gay * gay mayor florida *
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. God knows his experienc as an openly gay, Asian Amerin man is exactly what the state needs right now.
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 *
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. 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.