Hampton withdraws gender-neutral request

Posted on February 5, 2020

City Councilwoman Shirley Hampton has withdrawn her request for the city council to consider adopting “gender neutral” titles instead of using the traditional “councilman” or “councilwoman” before each member’s name.

Two weeks after first proposing the idea, Hampton said she had changed her mind at the city’s most recent meeting.

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