Palm Springs, CA - Home of the First All LGBTQ City Council in America

steemitgay (36)in #gay • 7 years ago

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You read that right - NBCNews.com reports that every member of the city council in Palm Springs, CA identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community.

The image above shows Lisa Middleton (left) and Christy Holstege whose victories for two open city council seats helped turn the entire city council queer. Middleton is transgender and Holstege identifies as bisexual.

Palm Springs has long been a haven for the LGBTQ community, with its first openly gay council member elected to office back in 1995. Today, Palm Springs ranks first in California and third in the nation (at the time of this writing) for the number of same sex couples per capita.

Despite this victory for the LGBTQ community, statistics gathered by the Victory Institute show that, although 4% of the American population identifies as LGBTQ, members of the LGBTQ community only make up .1% of elected officials across the country.

It's okay to celebrate this amazing victory, but let us not become complacent - the fight for equality rages on.

Stay queer bitches.

Read the original article at:

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-america-s-first-all-lgbtq-city-council-n830011

Photo credited to Equality California and originally found at:

https://www.palmspringslife.com/equality-california-honors-palm-springs-lgbt-civil-rights-trio/

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7 years ago in #gay by steemitgay (36)

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greenie (47) 7 years ago

@steemitgay I have been wondering if there is some sort of lgbtq tag or group on Steemit. I wrote an article about sperm donation today and added an lgbtq tag. When I clicked on the tag, I was finally able to find some posts! Are you pretty much the only one posting under that tag, or do I just need to keep digging?