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MICHIGAN REGISTERED HISTORIC SITE
ANN ARBOR AND LGBTQ+ HISTORY
In October 1973, the Ann Arbor City Council debated the city’s failure to prosecute lesbian and gay discrimination under its landmark 1972 Human Rights Ordinance. Council members Nancy Wechsler and Jerry DeGrieck came out as lesbian and gay, respectively, in order to emphasize the importance of active enforcement under the law. They were the first elected officials holding public office to come out as LGBTQ+ in the United States. Neither sought reelection, but Kathleen Kozachenko, a 21-year-old University of Michigan student, campaigned for Wechsler’s Ward 2 seat as an openly lesbian woman. She won the position on April 2, 1974, by fifty-two votes, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ candidate elected to a public office in the United States.
MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION - MICHIGAN HISTORY CENTER REGISTERED STATE SITE NO. 769 C. 2024 THIS MARKER IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
The sign was placed in 2025 in front of Ann Arbor City Hall, commemorating the first openly LGBTQ candidate elected to public office in the United States.
The entire sign and the city hall it stands in front of were photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image
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