Wales first non-binary council mayor elected to represent Bangor
Mayor Owen J Hurcum is the world s first non-binary Mayor and Wales youngest ever Mayor
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A council has elected the first openly non-binary mayor to represent a city in Wales.
LGBT: Wales first non-binary mayor used to abuse
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image captionOwen Hurcum has become Wales first openly non-binary mayor It has been difficult and it does get disheartening but strangely, not that it is ever OK, I have almost become used to it in a way.
Owen Hurcum, 23, has become Wales first openly non-binary mayor after they were chosen by fellow councillors on Bangor City Council in Gwynedd.
Owen, who identifies as genderqueer or agender, is also understood to be Wales youngest-ever mayor.
They thanked fellow councillors for their support when facing online abuse.
After the mayoral vote by fellow councillors, they tweeted they were beyond humbled to become the first openly non-binary mayor of any city anywhere after fearing coming out would mean they would be ostracized by my community or worse .