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Star Tribune reports that Monica Meyer is leaving OutFront Minnesota at a very different time for the cause of LGBTQ equality than when she took over the organization more than a decade ago.
OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader
OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader Monica Meyer is stepping down after more than a decade leading state s premier LGBTQ equality group. May 4, 2021 10:36am Text size Copy shortlink:
Monica Meyer is leaving OutFront Minnesota at a very different time for the cause of LGBTQ equality than when she took over the organization more than a decade ago.
It was 2010, amid a growing push across the country to ban same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 states had done so by statewide vote in the preceding few years. They were just passing everywhere, Meyer recalled. Then, ten years ago next week, Minnesota Republicans used new House and Senate majorities to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the statewide ballot. We were very aware of how difficult it was going to be, Meye
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Hawk Estates Building 2 in New Town is shown on Easter Sunday. The building was destroyed by an early morning fire. Many are stepping up to help building residents who lost their apartment homes and belongings in the fire.
NEW TOWN – Local people and others from all around are coming together to support residents of an apartment building that was completely destroyed in an early Easter Sunday morning fire in New Town.
The fire occurred at the Hawk Estates Building 2 in New Town.
Donations of food and clothing for the residents are pouring into the Northern Lights Wellness Center in New Town, according to Dr. Monica Mayer, North Segment councilwoman to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes) business council, and Vonnie Alberts, public relations director and legislative aid for the North Segment. Funds have also been set up for monetary donations.
NEW TOWN Apartment tenants were evacuated safely in an early morning apartment fire in New Town Sunday. No information was immediately available regarding c