As KKK infiltration of the Tulsa County Court Clierk's office continues igniting a community, the local LGBTQ organization Oklahomans for Equality has announced that their board member Sharon Baldwin-Bishop has stepped down after creating serious racial tensions.
In a statement posted to Facebook on Saturday the organization said:
We the board of Oklahomans for Equality have been meeting regarding recent issues in the organization. We acknowledge Oklahomans for Equality perpetuates systemic racism. Therefore, we commit to combatting it as an organizational priority.
Our first step will be to provide an opportunity to listen to the members of our community as we were rightly called to do. A town hall is being planned. We will release information regarding that as soon as possible. We thank those who have shared their time, emotion, and pain to help us see the need to make this a priority. We are sorry it has taken us this long to get to this point. We as a board are committed to taking an active role in dismantling racism. We look forward to your input at the town hall, particularly voices of LGBTQ+ people of color who have historically been silenced.
Earlier this afternoon Sharon Bishop-Baldwin shared with the board her decision to resign as a director of OKEQ for the good of the organization. The board has accepted her resignation and celebrates her years of service. She is a hero and a champion of marriage equality in the LGBTQ+ community across the state and country. We appreciate her foresight to put the best interests of the organization first.
We acknowledge it has taken an extended period of time to issue this statement. We wanted to be thoughtful and intentional in addressing these issues. We are deeply committed to having full board involvement in a discussion of this magnitude. We invite you to join us on this journey to better understanding.
Baldin-Bishop had her own Facebook mea culpa. Well, sort of. Her "apology" led to her restating she was right, but she just said it to the wrong people at the wrong time.
As it turns out OkEq omitted some things that occurred at that board meeting.
Read our next installment on this growing scandal here.
As it turns out OkEq omitted some things that occurred at that board meeting.
Read our next installment on this growing scandal here.
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