Ann Arbor councilman reports receiving ‘threatening, homophobic mail’
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Travis Radina, D-3rd Ward, talks about facing anti-gay harassment and speaks out against Council Member Jeff Hayner s use of a homophobic slur to attack journalists on social media.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI After speaking out about an Ann Arbor City Council colleague’s use of a homophobic slur on Facebook, Travis Radina said he received anti-gay hate mail.
“This weekend, the fallout against our LGBTQ community continued,” Radina, who is openly gay, told his colleagues at the council meeting Monday night, April 19.
Ann Arbor councilman stripped of committee assignments for homophobic slur
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, issues a public apology April 19, 2021, for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner has been removed from several city boards, commissions and committees for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.
“Such derogatory language is harmful to the LGBTQ community,” council stated in a resolution Tuesday morning, April 20, condemning Hayner’s remarks and recommending he attend anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training.
Resolution would remove Ann Arbor City Council member from board and commission seats
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From left, Council Members Anne Bannister and Jeff Hayner, both 1st Ward Democrats, at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on March 2, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI - The Ann Arbor City Council will take up a resolution to remove Council Member Jeff Hayner from his board and commission seats until December for his use of a quote on social media that attacked journalists and contained a homophobic slur.
The City of Ann Arbor’s Council Administration Committee approved the resolution, which also requests that Hayner engage in sensitivity training, by a 4-1 vote Tuesday, April 13. Committee member Kathy Griswold dissented. The proposed resolution also includes that Hayner would be removed from the city’s audit committee for the same period of time by Mayor Christopher Taylor.