Politics & Government
First Openly Gay Assembly Speaker to Receive Human Rights Award
San Diego Democrats for Equality will give a humanitarian award to Assembly Speaker John Perez at a private home in Coronado Sunday.
Assembly Speaker John Perez, (D-Los Angeles), is scheduled to receive a human rights award from a San Diego organization of gay and lesbian Democrats Sunday.
San Diego Democrats for Equality will bestow the A. Brad Truax Human Rights Award on Perez at a private home in Coronado.
In 2010 Perez became the first openly gay Assembly speaker in the country, according to SDDE. He also served on the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
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Before he was elected to the Assembly, Perez worked for labor organizations for 15 years, including the California Labor Federation and as political director of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 324.
The organization will hand out other awards to individuals and organizations, including longtime City Council aide Don Mullen, party activist Phyllis McGrath and the Lambda Archives, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and teaching the history of the LGBT community.
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–City News Service
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