Alderperson Nate Wolff’s Invocation At 06/01/2022 Common Council Meeting – “[LGBTQ members believe] what the city and what activists around the city have done has helped them immensely, has saved lives, and will continue to make kids know that they are welcomed in our community, and that is something that we need to continue to push for.”

Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Wolff.

Nate Wolff (District 12): I just wanna–okay we’re good. Thank you. All right. So this month is Pride Month. June. And I couldn’t be happier about the progress we’ve made over the past 6 years. In the past 6 years we have banned conversion therapy, we have gotten businesses to show their support for the LGBTQ community. We have more alders in this room who identify as LGBTQ than we’ve ever had before, and I couldn’t be prouder of that fact.

I would like to thank this administration for their work in protecting the rights of LGBTQ people and the previous administration that, you know, helped get a pride flag flying from City Hall. That couldn’t have been done without the previous administration which is something just so beautiful.

I know that on mental health (something that we have been talking about and will talk about again tonight, and have talked about again tonight) the letters and, you know, messages from people in the LGBTQ community that have appreciated what the city and what activists around the city have done has helped them immensely, has saved lives, and will continue to make kids know that they are welcomed in our community, and that is something that we need to continue to push for and, yeah. Thank you.