Commissioner Dennis Hodges was under fire for his remarks about transgender people
The county’s human relations commission voted on Thursday not to remove a commissioner for his controversial remarks about the LGBTQ community and transgender individuals.
In April, the county Board of Supervisors approved updates to the commission’s bylaws that now include a code of conduct and new process to remove a commissioner for just cause, which led to aHowever, many commissioners asked about the legality of the bylaws’ retroactivity, and it wasn’t until nearly the end of the meeting that Rachel Witt, chief deputy county counsel, clarified that the supervisors’ discussion in April “made very clear that these rules would be applied moving forward and not...
When asked about his abstention, Hodges made remarks characterized by many as derogatory about transgender and LGBTQ people, including that “transgenderism ... is an abomination in the eyes of God.” “We as a commission should never allow one set of beliefs or one group of people to try to eradicate another,” he later added.
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