The appointment to a lesser job is unlikely to quell outrage that has been simmering in the L.G.B.T.Q. Following the subsequent outcry over the report of the move, the mayor appears to have changed course. Cabrera in charge of the city’s mental health initiatives, according to Politico New York. He referred all requests for comment to City Hall. Monrose, a pastor at a Brooklyn church, has also expressed opposition to gay marriage and described homosexuality as a lifestyle he does not agree with, according to Gay City News. “Yeah, it’s wonderful that you advocated to get Destination Tomorrow some funds, but what else are you doing?” Mr. Cabrera’s remarks in Uganda and urged the former councilman to apologize to Uganda’s lesbian, gay and transgender community. Cabrera did appear to help the center secure $8,000 for its food pantry, Mr. Adams selected Erick Salgado, a pastor who has expressed anti-gay views, for a role in the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. center in the Bronx, according to Sean Ebony Coleman, the group’s founder and executive director. “Destiny Tomorrow” appears to be a reference to “Destination Tomorrow,” an L.G.B.T.Q. A spokeswoman for one of the development partners did not respond to a request for comment.
The former appears to be a reference to the Stonewall House, a housing development for older L.G.B.T.Q. He pointed to actions he had taken as a councilman that he said demonstrated he is not anti-gay, including allocating funding for “Stonewall Housing and Destiny Tomorrow.”
Though in the video he explicitly praised the Ugandan government’s opposition to gay marriage and presented himself as well-versed in Ugandan history, in his Facebook statement he claimed ignorance of “the Ugandan government’s historic denial of their LGBTQ+ population’s civil and human rights.” Cabrera apologized on Facebook for “the undue pain and suffering that my past remarks have caused the LGBTQ+ community.” Cabrera did not respond to requests for comment.Ī spokesman for the mayor noted that on Monday evening, Mr. Salgado said, “My views have evolved as society has evolved.” In a comment provided by the mayor’s office on Tuesday, Mr. Erick Salgado is not only that voice, but is a true leader who has a vision for New York that is based on conservative values.” “There are millions of people in New York City who support traditional marriage and deserve to have their voices heard,” the organization’s president, Brian Brown, said at the time. Adams has appointed Erick Salgado, another pastor who has expressed opposition to gay marriage, as an assistant commissioner for external affairs in the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Adams has tapped to run the office and who has also voiced intolerance for homosexuality. Cabrera, who is no longer a councilman, has been named a senior adviser in the mayor’s newly created Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, where he is set to work alongside Gilford Monrose, a Brooklyn pastor whom Mr. The appointments also highlight another issue for the mayor - that his repeated controversial personnel decisions threaten to distract from the governance of a city still struggling to emerge from the pandemic amid a rise in violent crime. To gay and lesbian leaders, the appointments feel like a betrayal. Cabrera and two other men who have voiced opposition to gay marriage to City Hall posts. groups are planning to gather outside City Hall to protest Mr.