D. C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
Photo Courtesy of The Government of the District of Columbia, Mayor's Office
Photo Courtesy of The Government of the District of Columbia, Mayor's Office
By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Apr 29 | D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty apologised today for what the mayor's spokesperson, Mafara Hobson, referred to as a “staff-level error.”
“We apologize for the error as it runs contrary to the mayor’s vision of a more open and inclusive city,” Hobson said. “The mayor is proud of his ardent support of the LGBT community.”
Fenty's decision to issue a certificate of appreciation honouring a leader of the ex-gay movement, Regina Griggs, the executive director of Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays, which believes homosexuals can be rehabilitated, outraged local and national LGBT equality rights leaders, who believe PFOX is a discriminatory organization.
On Wednesday, PFOX sent out a press release heralding the fact that the District and its mayor had honored one of its leaders. According to a copy of the certificate, Fenty (D) signed his name to a statement thanking Griggs for her “dedication, commitment and outstanding contributions” to the ex-gay movement.
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