Lightfoot-backed study to look at possible set-asides for gay-, transgender-owned Chicago businesses advances – Chicago Tribune

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s move to study whether gay- and transgender-owned businesses should get city contracting set-asides similar to those for minority- and women-owned companies advanced Tuesday despite black aldermen’s concerns about how such status can be verified and that it could mainly benefit white men.
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debtsor
6 years ago

The city feels it doesn’t need any more straight, white men. It is actively trying to remove them from the city limits every way it can. Because that will fix all of chicago’s problems!

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