The Carrollton City Council issued a proclamation at its meeting Tuesday, May 11, marking June 5 as Carrollton Pride Day. The proclamation recalls the raid at the Stonewall Inn that marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights era and notes that the LGBTQ community “from youth to senior citizens, have the right to feel safe, not be discriminated against and not live with the threat of harassment and persecution.” It further states the “Carrollton City leadership and staff have committed to make the city an LGBTQ friendly, welcoming, and inclusive community for ALL.” Carrollton businessman and resident Bob McCranie said, “Over the last 18+ years the city has gone from open homophobia to tolerance to acceptance of LGBTQ individuals and