LGBTQ Groups In Alameda Reject Mayor's Pride Month Proclamation, Demand Apology For Vote Against ...
LGBTQ Groups In Alameda Reject Mayor's Pride Month Proclamation, Demand Apology For Vote Against Same-Sex Curriculum
Eight years after Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer voted against allowing same-sex curriculum in Alameda schools, members of the LGBTQ community showed up at City Council on Tuesday to reject her proclamation of Pride Month — and to demand an apology.
On Tuesday night, prior to the council meeting, the city held a well-attended celebration in front of City Hall in honor of Pride. But some members of the Alameda LGBTQ community declined to pose for a group photo with the mayor (right). Instead, they formed an equally large alternative photo opportunity next to the city-sanctioned one.
The city’s four councilmembers also joined the protest photo-op, in solidarity with the community’s stance against the mayor’s past positions on LGBTQ issues (see below). Councilmember Frank Matarrese said he intended to take part in both photo-ops, however.
Olivia Higgins, a member of the Alameda Unified School District’s LGBTQ round table, said at the event that her group wants “direct acknowledgement of the hurt and the pain [Spencer’s vote] put on our community so many years ago."
Read more: https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2017/06/09/lgbtq-groups-in-alameda-reject-mayors-pride-month-proclamation-demand-apology-for-vote-against-same-sex-curriculum
