Gay Pride posters defaced at Dept. of Labor
Posters celebrating Gay Pride Month hanging in 35 Department of Labor elevators were defaced or removed, prompting Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to issue a warning letter.
The New York Times reports that Solis, who helped found the House of Representative’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Caucus when she was in Congress, was outraged and wrote an email to the department.
“It appears, however, that some members of the Labor Department team have a different view, as it has come to my attention that most of the posters have been continually defaced or removed,” Solis wrote. “On several occasions, even the poster frames have been torn completely off the elevator walls.”
“I do not believe these actions represent the majority of our employees, so I refuse to let this situation define us.
She said that the posters will stay up through the end of June and will continue to replaced immediately if damaged or removed.
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