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18/04/2016
Sinn Féin Cllr To Become First Openly Gay Deputy Mayor
A Sinn Féin councillor is to become Belfast's first openly gay Deputy Mayor.
The party selected north Belfast councillor Mary Ellen Campbell and she said it is another step forward for the rights of the LGBT community and for equality in Belfast.
She said: "I look forward to representing all the citizens of Belfast in the role of Deputy Mayor regardless of creed, class, gender or ethnicity and discharging my duties in the most inclusive and equal basis possible.
"As a lifelong equality campaigner I know only too well that many within our communities right across the city live daily with discrimination, hate crime and exclusion. I will continue to do all I can to challenge that.
"Inclusion will be one of the themes of my term in office as it’s vital to promote positive messages and demonstrate public commitment to equality.
"I'm a woman, I'm openly gay, I’m a Republican Ex-prisoner and I’m from a working-class community in North Belfast. So I would say I have some experience of the challenges that many marginalised citizens face in Belfast."
(CD/MH)
The party selected north Belfast councillor Mary Ellen Campbell and she said it is another step forward for the rights of the LGBT community and for equality in Belfast.
She said: "I look forward to representing all the citizens of Belfast in the role of Deputy Mayor regardless of creed, class, gender or ethnicity and discharging my duties in the most inclusive and equal basis possible.
"As a lifelong equality campaigner I know only too well that many within our communities right across the city live daily with discrimination, hate crime and exclusion. I will continue to do all I can to challenge that.
"Inclusion will be one of the themes of my term in office as it’s vital to promote positive messages and demonstrate public commitment to equality.
"I'm a woman, I'm openly gay, I’m a Republican Ex-prisoner and I’m from a working-class community in North Belfast. So I would say I have some experience of the challenges that many marginalised citizens face in Belfast."
(CD/MH)
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