The old saying “everything is big in Texas,” now applies to inclusion ― at least in one border town. On Saturday, 62 percent of voters in Del Rio ― located about 110 miles west of San Antonio ― elected gay Air Force veteran Bruno “Ralphy” Lozano as its mayor. He previously served as a security law enforcement officer in the Air Force and then was an activist who worked to help clean up local waterways, according to OutInSA.com. “Stonewall happened because drag queens and a minority group stood up to animosity, and I had to go back in the closet [while in the Air Force] because of that same hatred,” he told IntoMore.com. Accept me or not.”He ran on a platform emphasizing generational change, according to Conexion Del Rio.

Source: Huffington Post May 07, 2018 17:48 UTC