West Chester canceled an LGBTQ celebration this week after receiving dozens of emails that the borough council president said were “hate-filled” and “vitriolic.” The Oct. 1 event was supposed to be the Chester County borough’s first OutFest.
West Chester canceled an LGBTQ celebration this week after receiving dozens of emails that the borough council president said were “hate-filled” and “vitriolic.”
“I think I took for granted that people are just accepting of the LGBTQ community,” borough council president Michael Stefano said. “I was kind of naïve to the fact that there’s still a lot of people out there who have hatred for people who are different from them.” O’Brien ultimately decided to pull the application for the event at Tuesday’s council meeting, Stefano said, with council supporting his decision.
While O’Brien said he was not available Thursday for additional comment, he directed a reporter to Eddy Foster, who is in early stages of planning another OutFest event in the borough Oct 1. Having been a part of the West Chester community and the LGBTQ community his entire life, Foster, 35, said he felt it important that an event still be held.
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