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TexasTowelie

(112,229 posts)
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 06:14 AM Apr 2022

Chicago promotes itself as LGBTQ-friendly in bashing DeSantis, Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law

First it was New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Now it’s Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot taking a shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s new “Parental Rights in Education” law — the one critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”

Lightfoot’s administration is promoting the Windy City as a diverse and LGBTQ-friendly town through a newspaper campaign ad, "In Chicago We Believe," POLITICO Illinois reported Thursday. The ads were to run in The Orlando Sentinel, The Dallas Morning News and Phoenix Business Journal to target anti-LGBTQ legislation in Florida, Texas and Arizona.

The ad features a young woman staring at a headline: “Across the country, legislative actions are underway to regulate what students can or cannot read, what they can or cannot learn, and who they can or cannot be.” Surrounding her are critical headlines of anti-LGBTQ laws in Florida and Texas.

Michael Fassnacht, Chicago’s chief marketing officer, told POLITICO Illinois that the ads are designed to attract businesses and talent to the city.

Read more: https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2022/04/08/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-slams-ron-desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-law/9504347002/
(Daytona Beach News-Journal)

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Chicago promotes itself as LGBTQ-friendly in bashing DeSantis, Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP
I hope other cities do the same. Anything that Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #1

Phoenix61

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1. I hope other cities do the same. Anything that
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 09:44 AM
Apr 2022

sends that message is not going to make chamber of commerce boards happy. I think taking down DeSatan is going to be like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.

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