“I thought I would tell you what that flag means to me as a nonbinary 12-year-old,” one child wrote.
“We can do more than one thing at a time we can rub our bellies and pat our heads,” Moser countered, adding, “Our job is to improve the public health and public safety of the community.”Ĭarr and Moser read aloud letters they had received from young people who are transgender or gay. The Huntington Beach City Council voted May 3, 2021, to join other Orange County cities in flying the banner from May 22 to June 30, LGBTQ Pride Month.Ĭouncilwoman Natalie Moser said that much of the criticism she saw on Facebook pages about the flag suggested that council members needed to concentrate on “the real work at hand.” However, most of the dozen speakers supported the agenda item, authored by Mayor Kim Carr and Councilman Dan Kalmick.
