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Flier reveals 2009 voyeurism arrest of gay Council candidate By LOU CHIBBARO JR. [email protected] A gay attorney and civic activist running for a seat on the Baltimore City Council says he’s being targeted by fliers mailed to residents of his district that mischaracterize the circumstances surrounding his 2009 arrest in D.C. on a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism. Kelly Cross, 38, told the Washington Blade he believes the anonymous fliers, which falsely describe him as a “convicted sex offender,” are homophobic and aimed at discrediting his campaign to become Baltimore’s first out gay member of the City Council. Cross is one of seven candidates competing in the city’s April 26 Democratic primary for the 12th District Council seat being vacated by longtime incumbent Carl Stokes, who is running for mayor. D.C. Superior Court records show that in September 2009 Cross pled guilty as part of a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism. The plea came after he admitted he clandestinely recorded video of a partially nude man changing his clothes in the locker room of the Washington Sports Club gym at 738 7th St., N.W. Protests, travel bans emerge after rise of anti-LGBT bills By CHRIS JOHNSON [email protected] A national backlash emerged this week after several states passed “religious freedom” and other bills that enable businesses and schools to discriminate against LGBT people. Lawsuits, boycotts and travel bans have emerged following passage of such laws and may have helped persuade at least one governor to veto a measure. In Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday vetoed a religious freedom bill that critics contend would have allowed anti-LGBT discrimination. “Georgia is a welcoming state filled with warm, friendly and loving people. Our cities and countryside are populated with people who worship God in a myriad of ways and in very diverse set tings,” said Deal during a press conference in Atlanta. “Our people work side-by-side without regard to the color of our skin, or the religion we adhere to. We are working to make life better for our families and our communities. That is the character of Georgia. I intend to do my part to keep it that way.” Georgia lawmakers had approved House Bill 757 that would have allowed faith-based organizations to deny services “that violate such faith-based organization’s sincerely held religious CONTINUES ON PAGE 13 APRIL 01, 2016 VOLUME 47 ISSUE 14 • AMERICA’S GAY NEWS SOURCE • WASHINGTONBLADE.COM A new lawsuit has been filed against the anti-LGBT law in North Carolina. SCREEN CAPTURE COURTESY OF WRAL CONTINUES ON PAGE 06 KELLY CROSS pled guilty to a charge of voyeurism in D.C. in 2009. PHOTO COURTESY OF CROSS

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