A Pennsylvania press conference against LGBT hate crimes on Tuesday turned personal when a state senator announced he is gay.
“I’m gay. Get over it. I love it,” Democratic Sen. Jim Ferlo said, according to audio posted by Mary Wilson of WITF broadcasting. Wilson noted in her tweets during the event that Ferlo is likely Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state senator.Ferlo, an outgoing senator who represents part of Pittsburgh, is the sponsor of a bill that would expand the state’s hate crimes law to cover lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The legislature’s current push to amend the law was sparked by a Sept. 11 incident in which two gay men were allegedly beaten in Philadelphia.
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