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RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING DULUTH SUPERIOR PRIDE AND SUPPORTING THE NQT2SLGBIA+ COMMUNITIES.
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BY COUNCILORS AWAL, FORSMAN, AND DURRWACHTER:
WHEREAS, the city of Duluth proudly recognizes and celebrates the rich diversity, resilience, and contributions of the Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual communities;
WHEREAS, Duluth Superior Pride, organized by the community annually at the end of August, serves as a celebration of love, visibility, and equity for all people, and reflects the commitment of Duluth and our neighboring community of Superior, Wisconsin, to creating a welcoming and affirming region for all residents;
WHEREAS, Duluth has a deep and enduring queer history, from the quiet strength of early gay and lesbian activists organizing in the 1970s, to the establishment of queer student groups at the University of Minnesota Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica and the formation of community hubs such as the Aurora Northland Lesbian Center, Northland Gay Men's Center, and others in the 1980s and 1990s, and the founding of Duluth Superior Pride in 1986 as one of the few bi-state Pride celebrations in the nation;
WHEREAS, Duluth created the Duluth Nonbinary, Queer, Trans, Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Asexual Commission as promulgated and codified in Sections 2-192 to 2-195 of the Duluth City Code, to advise the mayor, city council, city departments and the community at large about issues related to services, policies, procedures, and facilities concerning nonbinary and binary, queer, trans, two spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, and asexual (NQT2SLGBIA+) communities. The NQT2SLGBIA Commission also provides consultation to the Office of Human Rights on complaints that involve gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and conversion therapy; encourage and attract NQT2SLGBIA+ businesses to the City of Duluth; and provide consultation and support on ...
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