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Healthy Neighborhoods committee advances LGBTQIA+ advisory commission and three honorary street names
Summary
Vice Mayor J. Michelle Limon Kearney’s office moved three ordinances forward: creation of an LGBTQIA+ advisory commission, and honorary secondary names for intersections honoring Jim Scott and Beverly Kenny; the committee placed each item on the council passage calendar without objection.
The Cincinnati Healthy Neighborhoods Committee advanced a package of items brought by the vice mayor’s office, including a proposed LGBTQIA+ advisory commission and two honorary street‑name ordinances.
Vice Mayor J. Michelle Limon Kearney introduced item 3, a proposal to establish a voluntary LGBTQIA+ commission appointed by the mayor to advise council and the administration on policy and community concerns. “Hate crimes against the LGBTQIA plus community increased in Ohio by 189%,” Kearney said, citing statistics from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) as part of her remarks on why the…
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