World's First Openly Nonbinary Mayor Owen Hurcum Takes Office in Wales
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The world's first openly nonbinary mayor took office on Monday.
Owen Hurcum, 23, was elected unanimously last year by the City Council in Bangor, Wales, after they served as deputy mayor for a year, North Wales Live reports.
Hurcum, who is genderqueer, was sworn in on Monday after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"When I came out two years ago I was so worried I'd be ostracized by my community or worse," Hurcumy wrote on Twitter Monday alongside a photo of them wearing the official mayoral chain. "Today my community elected me Mayor of our great City. The youngest ever Mayor in Wales."