News
2007-08-17
Scottsdale
officials meet with the gays
Following a wave
of bad publicity involving hostility toward gays,
Scottsdale, Ariz., leaders met with LGBT leaders on
Wednesday.
Following a wave
of bad publicity involving hostility toward gays,
Scottsdale, Ariz., leaders met with LGBT leaders on
Wednesday.
Scottsdale mayor
Mary Manross, Scottsdale police chief Alan Rodbell, and
representatives from Equality Arizona, a local gay rights
group, announced at a press conference that they will
work together to make the city more gay-friendly for
residents and tourists.
"Even one crime,
especially a hate crime, is one too many for
Scottsdale," Manross said, according to The Arizona
Republic. "Our city had the first diversity office in
the state, maybe the nation, and we have
domestic-partnership benefits for employees. I'm proud
of what we've done."
Scottsdale, a
posh Phoenix suburb, has recently been witness to two
hate crimes against gays, a lawsuit alleging transgender
discrimination at a nightclub, and a scuffle over the
city declining to proclaim June as Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness Month. Manross decided
to proclaim June as Human Relations Diversity Observance
Month, saying the previous title was "too narrow."
(The Advocate)
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