Des Plaines candidates support flying rainbow flag at city hall; some say more outreach to LGBTQ community is needed
The candidates discussed the city's outreach efforts for LGBTQ residents and other issues in online interviews with the Daily Herald.
In August 2021, the council repealed a decades-old ban on wearing clothes designed for the opposite sex. Moylan said he supports inclusiveness and diversity in the community. The son of former mayor and current Democratic state Rep. Marty Moylan, he said the flag-raising measure righted a wrong enacted by a previous council."Everybody deserves the right to be heard. Everybody deserves the right to be respected," said Wilson, who lost the 2019 aldermanic race to Moylan.
Walsten said the LGBTQ community should be welcomed in Des Plaines,"along with other law-abiding groups." Ebrahimi, who was appointed in 2021, called the council's actions on LGBTQ rights a start."But we have a lot more work to do in this area," he said.
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