World s First Openly Nonbinary Mayor Owen Hurcum Takes Office in Wales People 2 hrs ago
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.