Tag: LGBT Center of Greater Reading
Mayor who wouldn’t fly pride flag changes mind after emotional meeting with lesbian
Reading, Pennsylvania mayor Wally Scott made national news last week when he decided to cancel a ceremony to raise the pride flag over city hall and refused to let it fly. It would have marked the beginning of the community’s week-long Pride festivities.
But, at the last minute, Scott called City Council president Jeffrey Waltman to ban the flag from flying in front of City Hall. Waltman tried to convince him to reconsider, but he was not successful.
“It’s strictly, to...
Minutes before he was supposed to raise a pride flag at city hall, a...
A Pennsylvania mayor has come under fire for calling the rainbow flag a political symbol.
Wally Scott is the mayor of Reading, a city of around 90,000. On Monday, the rainbow flag was supposed to be raised in front of Reading’s City Hall to start the city’s week-long Pride festivities.
But, at the last minute, Scott called City Council president Jeffrey Waltman to ban the flag from flying in front of City Hall. Waltman tried to convince him to reconsider, but...
