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Brazil: I won’t shut up says lesbian councilor after attack

During a meeting of the College of Niterói City Council leaders, the discussion about the processing of a bill ended up at the police station. Annoyed, councilor Paulo Eduardo Gomes (PSOL) fired sexist and lesbophobic insults against Verônica Lima (PT), who is a lesbian and the first black woman to occupy a seat in the House. After that, he went after her and had to be restrained by colleagues. After the incident, this Wednesday (7 July), Lima filed a police report at the Police Service for Women (DEAM) in Niterói, a municipality neighboring Rio de Janeiro, for verbal abuse and illegal duress against the councilor. She now wants her colleague’s to be removed from his position on the House Ethics Committee. “He managed to make me cry, but I won’t shut up,” she told UOL.

The councilor said that, during the discussion, Gomes even made reference to her being a lesbian: “Want to be a man? Then I’ll treat you like a man.” According to her, the councilor got up from his chair, walked towards her and with an attack only prevented because he was restrained by colleagues.
(Translated)

Durante uma reunião do colégio de líderes da Câmara de Niterói, a discussão sobre o trâmite de um projeto de lei foi parar na delegacia. Contrariado, o vereador Paulo Eduardo Gomes (PSOL) disparou ofensas machistas e lesbofóbicas contra Verônica Lima (PT), que é lésbica e a primeira negra a ocupar uma cadeira na Casa. Depois disso, ele partiu para cima dela e foi contido por colegas.

Após o ocorrido, nesta quarta-feira (7), Lima registrou um boletim de ocorrência na Delegacia de Atendimento à Mulher (DEAM) de Niterói, município vizinho ao Rio de Janeiro, por injúria e constrangimento ilegal contra o vereador. Ela agora quer a expulsão do colega do cargo na Comissão de Ética da Casa. “Ele conseguiu me fazer chorar, mas eu não vou me calar”, disse ela ao UOL.

A vereadora contou que, durante a discussão, Gomes chegou a dizer em referência a ela ser lésbica: “Quer ser homem? Então vou te tratar como homem”. Ainda segundo ela, o vereador se levantou da cadeira, caminhou em sua direção e só não a agrediu por ter sido contido por colegas.

Continue reading at: https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2021/07/09/nao-vou-me-calar-diz-vereadora-lesbica-ofendida-por-colega-em-niteroi.htm (Source)

Austria: lesbian politician receives abusive mail

The Austrian politician Faika El-Nagashi and her wife became parents in 2020. However, not everyone likes the fact that a lesbian couple lives openly as a family – the 44-year-old received insulting mail.

Many people sent enthusiastic congratulations when El-Nagashi shared the first photos of herself and baby Younis on her social media channels. But as you can imagine, unfortunately, some begrudge the  44-year-old her family happiness. Faika El-Nagashi received offensive mail after giving an interview to a daily newspaper about her daily life as part of a rainbow family.

“Muslims should adapt and integrate,” it say, although neither El-Nagashi nor her wife are Muslims. The parenthood of the two women is “unnatural” and their little son will certainly be “lesbian too”. Foreigners should also please “respect our laws”. The 44-year-old writes: “Incidentally, this is not the first time that I have received mail from this person. Or hate messages that address and attack me as a woman, lesbian, Muslim, migrant and woman of color.”
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Die österreichische Politikerin Faika El-Nagashi und ihre Frau sind 2020 Eltern geworden. Dass ein lesbisches Paar offen als Familie lebt, gefällt jedoch nicht jedem – die 44-Jährige erhielt beleidigende Post.

Viele Menschen schickten begeisterte Glückwünsche, als El-Nagashi erste Fotos von sich und dem kleinen Younis auf ihren Social-Media-Kanälen teilte. Aber wie man sich, leider, fast schon denken kann: Das Familienglück gönnt der 44-Jährigen nicht jeder. Nachdem sie einer Tageszeitung ein Interview über ihren Alltag als Teil einer Regenbogen-Familie gab, erhielt Faika El-Nagashi beleidigende Post.

“Muslime sollen sich anpassen und integrieren”, steht da – obwohl weder El-Nagashi noch ihre Frau Muslime sind. Die Elternschaft der beiden Frauen sei “unnatürlich” und ihr kleiner Sohn werde sicher “auch lesbisch”. Ausländer sollten sich zudem bitte “an unsere Gesetze halten”. Die 44-Jährige schreibt dazu: “Das ist übrigens nicht das erste Mal, dass ich von dieser Person Post bekomme. Oder Hassnachrichten, die mich als Frau, Lesbe, Muslimin, Migrantin und Woman of Color adressieren und deswegen angreifen.”
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Continue reading at: https://www.stern.de/familie/leben/lesbisches-elternpaar-erhaelt-drohungen-und-beschimpfungen-per-post-30000370.html (Source)

U.S: Conservative pundit says lesbian mayor proves that liberals aren’t “sane”

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A rightwing pundit said that it’s not “sane” that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) was elected since she’s a lesbian and that there’s “something seriously wrong with her judgment” because she married another woman.

Dave Daubenmire – who was the keynote speaker at a Harrison County, Ohio Republican Party fundraiser last year – attacked Lightfoot on his Pass The Salt Live webcast on Monday.

“I want somebody to tell me how that woman gets elected any place, anywhere,” Daubenmire said, showing a picture of Lightfoot and her wife.

“How could any sane person elect that woman to be head of the city?”

“This is the picture that the city of Chicago wants to send out to the world as the leader, as the top political leader in their city?” he asked. “You tell me that we’re dealing with sane people.”

He then made sure that everyone knew he was talking about the fact that she’s married to a woman.

“We’ve gotten in this mess because we haven’t pointed out the obvious. Listen, folks, there’s something seriously wrong with this woman if she would marry that other woman. There is something seriously wrong with her judgment.”

Continue reading: https://www.lgbtqnation.com
/2020/07/conservative-pundit-says-lesbian-mayor-proves-liberals-arent-sane/
(source)

Mexico: Harassment and attacks on lesbian feminist politician Lucia Rojas

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Independent federal Politician Lucia Rojas has faced harassment and attacks since deciding to run for office in 2018.

She received the typical lesbophobic questions, threats and an attempt was made to break into her house, with items stolen from her car.  Her accounts have also been hacked.

Attacks increased when she was elected an independent deputy, with cyberattacks ramping up in earnest when she was part of a feminist march in August 2019. She has received death threats and reported them, with the case closed without investigation.

Continue reading at: https://lasillarota.com/metropoli/lucia-riojas-diputada-lesbiana-feminista-y-victima-de-violencia-violencia-feminista-mujer-diputada/403648 (Source)

U.S: Two lesbians were the first “out” people to be elected to office, rather than Harvey Milk

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Yes, this is a picture of the first out gay person elected to a major political office.

It is a photo of Elaine Noble, elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in November, 1974, three years before Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and, actually, she was the second out elected official.

The first was 21-year-old Kathy Kozachenko elected to the Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Council in April, 1974. Prior to her election, council members Nancy Wechsler and Jerry DeGrieck had come out in office and convinced the majority of the council to vote to add “sexual orientation” to Ann Arbor’s antidiscrimination ordinance.

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Continue reading: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/
2019/10/stop-saying-harvey-milk-first-gay-person-elected-public-office/
(source)

Ireland: Free Presbyterian minister criticises DUP over lesbian candidate

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A video has emerged that shows a Free Presbyterian minister criticising the DUP for selecting Alison Bennington to stand in the council elections.
Ms Bennington, the DUP’s first openly gay politician, was elected to Antrim and Newtownabbey Council on Friday.
In Rev Greer’s sermon from 21 April, prior to the local government elections, he said that Christians were “being conditioned into thinking that things that were once reprobated are now acceptable… such as sodomy.”
He described that as an “agenda”.
“Now we have the DUP putting up their candidate, who is an out-and-out lesbian, that’s what I mean,” he said.

Continue reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-48205618 (source)

Australia: Lesbian politician targeted in antisemitic, homophobic campaign

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Independent MP Kerryn Phelps has referred a new round of offensive emails targeting her New South Wales electorate of Wentworth to the Australian Federal Police.
Phelps said the new email contained false “homophobic, antisemitic, racist” claims and was “just generally pretty disgusting.”
The latest emails are similar to ones sent to some Wentworth voters last month, and it comes after Phelps was also targeted during the by-election in the electorate last year.

Continue reading: https://qnews.com.au/kerryn-phelps-blasts-new-round-of-anti-semetic-homophobic-emails-during-election-campaign/ (source)

U.S: Republican preacher hits out at ‘demonic’ lesbian Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot

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E.W. Jackson, who was the Republican Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2013, hit out at Lightfoot after her victory in the April 2 runoff election.
Speaking on radio show The Awakening on April 3, Jackson said the mayor-elect’s comments are “a satanic, demonic twisting of language.”
The Conservative pastor commentator said: “Chicago just elected a lesbian woman, and she got up and said, ‘We’re showing the world it doesn’t matter who you love.’
“I almost get nauseous every time I hear that because we know that’s a euphemism for, ‘It doesn’t matter who you have sex with.’”
He added: “They’re not talking about love, they’re talking about who you have sex with. And specifically, they’re saying it doesn’t matter if you have sex with someone of the same gender.
“The euphemism is just disgusting. It really is, because this is a satanic, demonic twisting of language.”

Continue reading: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019
/04/08/republican-preacher-demonic-lesbian-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
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Update: Chicago Elects Lori Lightfoot as Its First Lesbian Mayor

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In a runoff election, Lori Lightfoot has been elected the mayor of Chicago today. Announced by Associated Press on Tuesday night, this makes Lightfoot not only the first Black female mayor in the city’s 182-year history, but also the first lesbian.

Continue reading: https://www.out.com/politics/2019
/4/02/chicago-elects-lori-lightfoot-first-lesbian-mayor
(source)

Original Article:  U.S: Lesbian mayoral candidate targeted by lesbophobic flyers

U.S: Lesbian mayoral candidate targeted by lesbophobic flyers

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Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot denounced homophobic campaign flyers targeting her that surfaced around the South Side over the weekend, saying “hate has no place in Chicago.”
Lightfoot, who is openly gay, made the comments at a City Hall news conference Monday morning where she accepted endorsements from several labor unions, including the organization that supports CTA workers.

Continue reading: https://www.chicagotribune.com/
news/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-lightfoot-responds-fliers-20190318-story.html
(source)

Update: Update: Chicago Elects Lori Lightfoot as Its First Lesbian Mayor

U.S.: Jenny Durkan To Become First Out Lesbian Mayor Of Seattle

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“We are thrilled Jenny will become the first lesbian mayor of Seattle – and just the second woman elected to the position,” said Victory Fund President & CEO Aisha C. Moodie-Mills. “Both women and lesbians are severely underrepresented in all levels of government, especially executive positions. While Seattle voters chose Jenny because of her proven track record of leading innovative reforms and fighting for all communities, it is also an undeniably proud moment for the LGBTQ community, which continues to see this strong leader break down barriers.”

Continue reading at: http://www.curvemag.com/News/Jenny-Durkan-To-Become-First-Out-Lesbian-Mayor-Of-Seattle-2118/

Politicians refuse to back Serbia’s lesbian leader because of her sexuality

By nominating her, Vučić effectively made her Prime Minister of the conservative country but also needs backing from parliament.  Some MPs are refusing to vote for her because of sexuality however, which will prevent her from being confirmed by Parliament.

Continue reading at: Politicians refuse to back Serbia’s LGBT leader because of her sexuality (Source)

Guatemala’s First Lesbian Congresswoman Challenges Status

[After I was elected], there was a public campaign against my intent to become president of a forum of women lawmakers because I wasn’t “woman enough.” The campaign resulted in more support for me, as well as more opposition to me, further propelling me into the public spotlight once I became president [of the forum].

Continue reading at: Guatemala’s First Lesbian Congresswoman Challenges Status — Women & Girls (Source)

DNC hires first lesbian CEO, former head of EMILY’s List

The Democratic National Committee has for the first-time ever hired an out lesbian at its chief executive officer, appointing the former head of EMILY’s LIST to the top leadership position. The DNC named Jess O’Connell as CEO after she served four years at EMILY’s LIST, which seeks to elect pro-choice women to public office. Her appointment comes shortly after the election of Tom Perez as DNC chair.

Continue reading at: DNC hires first lesbian CEO, former head of EMILY’s List (Source)

Georgia: City honors life of first out lesbian Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner

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Several hundred mourners gathered on Saturday to honor the life of the late Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner, who died of breast cancer on April 18. Garner was a beloved community figure and the first openly LGBT Fulton County Commissioner.

Garner made an impact in a variety of different communities and circles throughout her life, and speakers at the service at Ebenzer Baptist Church reflected on the legacy she left through her work in neighborhoods, as county commissioner, as an Atlanta intown activist, as a champion for those in need and her work in social justice and LGBT rights.

Continue reading at: City honors life of late Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner (Source)

Elaine Noble: The first lesbian state lawmaker

If you’re feeling hopeless with our current crop of legislators in Congress, consider Elaine Noble– the first out lesbian elected to state legislature– and be inspired.

Elaine Noble made US election history even before Maura Healey, Harvey, Milk, or Tammy Baldwin as she was elected as representative of the Boston district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1974.

Prior to this, no out lesbian (or gay man, for that matter), had won a state-level office. So when she did run for the position, she faced an overwhelming wave of homophobic threats.

Continue reading at: Elaine Noble: The first lesbian state lawmaker | Lesbian News (Source)

Chelsea Savage: Lesbian, cult survivor, politician, sets her sights on Virginia House seat

Chelsea Savage survived life in a cult, found the strength to leave her husband, and is now an out and proud lesbian looking to begin a political career.

Continue reading at: Lesbian cult survivor sets her sights on Virginia House seat / LGBTQ Nation (Source)