Ruth Shack, 94, died after a brief respiratory illness. In 1977, Shack was a Dade County commissioner who sponsored one of the first LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances in the country, officially known in Miami-Dade as the Human Rights Ordinance. The ordinance passed and was enacted, but was repealed after a relentless, homophobic campaign by Anita Bryant. […]
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