Chicago: Should municipal contracts be set aside for gays, too?
”We know we’ve been disadvantaged. But, there are programs for women already. And the perception is this would only enhance gay white males. That’s why there’s not consensus within our community.”
Tom Tunney, Chicago’s first openly gay alderman, discussing the complexity of his own request for the city’s Corporation Counsel to look at whether or not gay men and lesbians would qualify for contracts for disadvantaged minorities. He is discussing who might benefit from such set-asides and how would one prove they are gay? (Chicago Sun Times)
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