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Mar 20, 2007
News: Florida City to Seat Gay, HIV-positive Mayor
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By Kyleovision
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(USA) - On Wednesday, [Larry] Gierer will take on a new role, becoming [Oakland Park's] first openly gay mayor and the first openly HIV-positive mayor in Broward County. He'll serve in the city's top seat for one year while Layne Walls serves as vice mayor. The position rotates annually among commissioners. Gierer's new title will be a highly anticipated moment for Oakland Park's budding gay population. Oakland Park residents elected the city's first openly gay candidate, Chris Wilson, in 1993, but he did not gather enough votes to rotate into the mayor's position before his term expired.
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