Post by Logan on Jan 11, 2016 18:00:50 GMT -6
Meet the Amazing 18-Year-Old Who’s Leading the Fight for LGBT Rights in Southern Indiana
An 18-year-old college student who was bullied for being gay in school is now leading the fight for LGBT equality in Southern Indiana.
Evan Stoner, a political science major at Hanover College, is planning the first-ever LGBT Pride festival in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and advocating for the City Council to pass an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Jeffersonville is a city of roughly 50,000 across the Ohio River Louisville, Kentucky.
In addition to being bullied in school, Stoner said he’s been attacked on social media and witnessed “several instances” of anti-LGBT discrimination in Jeffersonville.
“What we are trying to fight here in Jeffersonville? Hate, discrimination, separation,” Stoner told WAVE-TV during a kickoff event for Jeffersonville Pride on Saturday. “We are American. We are supposed to be together and remain together. That’s what Jeffersonville Pride is trying to do.”
Continued at www.towleroad.com/2016/01/meet-amazing-18-year-old-whos-leading-fight-lgbt-rights-southern-indiana/