L.A. mayor pulls out of HRC event

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pulled out as keynote speaker at the Human Rights Campaign’s July 26 San Francisco Bay Area Gala in protest against the group’s support last year for a version of the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act that will protect gay and bisexual people but not transgender people.

English2008-08-06

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Foto: Rex Wockner

The measure has passed the House of Representatives and is pending in the Senate. It is opposed by some 400 local, state and national GLBT organizations because of the transgender exclusion.

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Villaraigosa’s spokesman, Matt Szabo, said the mayor was swayed by a call from the San Francisco Labor Council for a boycott of the event.

The gala also was boycotted by San Francisco Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Bevan Dufty, state Assemblyman Mark Leno and state Sen. Carole Migden, among others.

Rex Wockner

Publicerad 2008-08-06
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