BANGOR, Gwynedd, Wales, May 24, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – City councilors in the Welsh city of Bangor have appointed a “genderqueer,” “agender,” “non-binary” 23-year-old named Owen J. Hurcum to be mayor.
Hurcum, who appears to be a biological male and goes by “they,” is apparently the first “non-binary” mayor in the world.
BBC reported that Hurcum identifies as “genderqueer” or “agender” and is also the youngest mayor in Wales. He has served as a councilor for five years and a deputy mayor for one year.
He was unanimously elected by his fellow councilors last June, but has only just been appointed after a delay due to COVID-19 regulations and restrictions. The council “welcomed Cllr Hurcum to their [sic] new role,” the Bangor government website reported on May 11, 2021.
“When I came out two years ago,” he tweeted, “I was so worried I’d be ostracized by my community or worse. Today my community elected me Mayor of our great City. The youngest ever Mayor in Wales. The first ever openly Non-Binary Mayor of any city anywhere.”
“There was a trepidation because, obviously, local government has this unfair reputation of possibly being old and backwards,” he said, “and I was worried that those
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