Protesters pack Dixon City Council meeting over Vice Mayor Hickman's comments about gays
Almost 200 people showed up at Dixon City Hall on Tuesday night to call for the resignation of Vice Mayor Ted Hickman, who has been the subject of escalating outrage since a controversial column calling for a Straight American Pride Month and referring to gay men as “faries” and “tinkerbells” went viral.
“We are different from them…. We work, have families (and babies we make) enjoy and love the company (and marriage) of the opposite sex and don’t flaunt our differences dressing up like faries (sic) and prancing by the thousands in a parade in nearby San Francisco to be televised all over the world,” he wrote in the June 29 column.
A small group of protesters grew larger as the evening progressed and the weather cooled. The LGBT supporters, residents of towns around the region, waved signs and called for Hickman to resign.
Will Eukel, 27, said he drove 43 miles from Martinez to support his friends in the LGBT community. “Because making fun of them in this manner basically is like attacking them and I don’t like it when my friends are attacked, especially by a person in a position of power,” he said before the meeting.
Council chambers were filled with people who wanted to share their concerns about Hickman’s column, with many waiting outside because the chamber was full. Some asked the council to strip Hickman of the title of vice mayor and to remove him from city committees.
"It’s no question that Mr. Hickman’s words are grossly out of line and out of touch, and dare I say unamerican,” Julian Cuevas told the council. “Show your constituents that this body doesn’t cherry pick who they represent, but that you represent everyone, including those in the LGBT community.”
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