Openly Gay Chicago Mayoral Candidate Targeted by Homophobic Flyers

Lori Lightfoot, an only gay mayoral candidate for the city of Chicago, was targeted by a number of homophobic flyers on the weekend, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The flyers claimed Lightfoot would make all public bathrooms gender neutral and give all jobs to only gay people.

“All contracts, jobs, and employment newly assigned exclusively to gay people!”The flyer reads.

“With our people in City Hall, I promise to enforce the Gay Equality Act. All churches will abide by the gay marriage laws. All public restrooms will be gender free. All public schools will teach Gay History by mandate. School restrooms must be DE-SEGREGATED.”

Lightfoot responded by referencing the New Zealand massacre, saying hate has no place in society and that it was now particularly important to take a stand against it.

“Any attempts by anyone to propagate hate, we have to stand together as a city and denounce it unequivocally because hate can have no place in our city,” Lightfoot said.

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