Consired to be the first openly gay man Michigan, Toy’s lifetime of tirels advocy has impacted the Washtenaw County LGBTQ muny untls ways.
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- MICHIGAN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN, PROMENT ANN ARBOR LGBTQ ACTIVIST, DI AT 91
- MICHIGAN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN, PROMENT ANN ARBOR LGBTQ ACTIVIST, DI AT 91
MICHIGAN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN, PROMENT ANN ARBOR LGBTQ ACTIVIST, DI AT 91
The LGBTQ+ muny is thrivg and active the tentnally clive Ann Arbor area. Wh a rich history of activism and fellowship datg back to the 1970s, Ann Arbor is home to Kathy Kozachenko, the first openly gay person to be elected to any office the Uned Stat, and to Jim Toy, a legendary figure Michigan’s LGBTQ+ history. * ann arbor gay pride 2022 *
Brandon High School sophomore Abigail Rose has been bily planng Ortonville’s first-ever Pri ftival, which will feature a para and a safe, fay-iendly LGBTQ+ event.
MICHIGAN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN, PROMENT ANN ARBOR LGBTQ ACTIVIST, DI AT 91
Ypsilanti and s surroundg areas are well known as clive and welg when to the LGBTQ+ muny. Ypsi has a long and storied history regardg LGBTQ+ issu and is the first muny wh Washtenaw County to have an openly gay mayor. The muny pris self on clivy and passn. * ann arbor gay pride 2022 *
A2 is home to Kathy Kozachenko, the first openly gay person to be elected to any office the Uned Stat, and Jim Toy, a legendary figure Michigan’s LGBTQ history by openg the first mp center voted to supportg LGBTQ muny members. This is fely a great place to be if you’re terted gettg volved wh Ann Arbor’s gay nightlife. First held 1995, this event “is a weekend ftival…celebratg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer inti, muny, and allyship, ” acrdg to their webse.
Toy is known to many as Michigan’s first openly gay man and was a proment LGBT activist.
One anizatn, Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), is dited to supportg and advotg for LGBTQ+ people and their fai. That year, the cy celebrated the first natnal Gay Pri Week and adopted an anti-discrimatn ordance that clud protectns based around sexual preference. Two years earlier, Ann Arbor’s own Jim Toy had e out publicly as gay, the first Michigan man to do so.