A Hamtramck, Michigan city council member said LGBTQ people are 'already represented' as the council barred pride flags from publicly owned flagpoles.
“You guys are welcome,” council member Nayeem Choudhury said. “ why do you have to have the flag shown on government property to be represented? You’re already represented. We already know who you are.”
Mayor Amer Ghalib made the flag a campaign issue when then-Mayor Karen Majewski flew one on city property in 2021.Hayley Cain said she chose to live in Hamtramck after moving from California because it was known as a diverse community. Dawud Walid, director of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights advocacy group, said Hamtramck’s strict flag policy doesn’t discriminate against anyone.“If there was one group that was not being granted access to something while others were then we would have a problem,” Walid said.
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