HILLSBOROUGH (WTVD) Hillsborough town leaders voted Monday to pass an ordinance protecting LGBTQ community members from discrimination. This makes Hillsborough the first municipality in the state to pass LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections in recent years. Every person deserves to be recognized in their full humanity and treated with decency and fairness. I am so proud for Hillsborough to join local governments across the state to protect all those within our jurisdictions to ensure the rights of everyone who lives, works, and plays in our communities, said Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver.
Town Commissioner Matt Hughes spearheaded the effort. It s very important to me as a member of the LGBTQ community, said Hughes. Growing up I didn t even know that I could even hold the office that I hold because of the fact that I was LGBTQ. Could someone see voting for a young gay biracial guy?