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Owen Hurcum, Mayor of Bangor, Wales The Welsh town of Bangor formally seated 23-year-old Owen Hurcum as the world’s first out non-binary mayor on Monday, marking an internationally historic moment for non-binary people and communities. “When I came out two years ago I was so worried I’d be ostracized by my community or worse. Today my community elected me Mayor of our great City. The youngest ever Mayor in Wales. The first ever openly Non-Binary Mayor of any city anywhere. Beyond humbled, Diolch Bangor,” Hurcum said Monday in a tweet accompanied by a photo of them wearing a tradition...

World's First Openly Nonbinary Mayor Owen Hurcum Takes Office in Wales People 2 hrs ago The world's first openly nonbinary mayor took office on Monday. Owen Hurcum, 23, was elected unanimously last year by the City Council in Bangor, Wales, after they served as deputy mayor for a year, North Wales Live reports. Hurcum, who is genderqueer, was sworn in on Monday after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "When I came out two years ago I was so worried I'd be ostracized by my community or worse," Hurcumy wrote on Twitter Monday alongside a photo of them wearing the official mayoral chain. "...

Bangor City Council in Gwynedd, Wales, has appointed what is claimed to be the world's first "non-binary" city mayor.

By Caitlin O'Kane Gender: The Space Between A 23-year-old in Wales made history when he was elected mayor of Bangor City this week: Owen J. Hurcum is believed to be the first non-binary mayor in the world.  "When I came out two years ago I was so worried I'd be ostracized by my community or worse," Hurcum tweeted on Monday. "Today my community elected me Mayor of our great City. The youngest ever Mayor in Wales. The first ever openly Non-Binary Mayor of any city anywhere. Beyond humbled." Hurcum, who identifies as genderqueer or agender, was elected by council members on ...

Owen J Hurcum, the new non-binary mayor of Bangor, Wales. (Twitter/ OwenJHurcum and Facebook/ The Bangor Aye) Owen J Hurcum, 22, has been elected mayor of Bangor, Wales, making them the “first ever openly non-binary mayor of any city anywhere”. Hurcum was unanimously elected as mayor, having worked as deputy mayor for the last year and a councillor for four years. They also become the youngest-ever mayor in Wales. The new mayor, who identifies as genderqueer, agender and non-binary, posted a photo to Twitter of themselves wearing traditional mayoral chains, a tricorne hat and a sheer blac...