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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Tory mayor resigns after apologising for attending LGBTQ+ event

Mohammed Nazam at the Keighley Pride flag-raising event with MP Robbie Moore.
Mohammed Nazam (left) at the Keighley Pride flag-raising event with MP Robbie Moore (right). Photograph: Keighley Town Council/Twitter

A Conservative mayor has resigned after being labelled homophobic when he apologised for attending a council LGBTQ+ Pride event because it “contradicts” his beliefs.

Mohammed Nazam, the mayor of Keighley in West Yorkshire, faced anger after posting in a Facebook group that it was a “lapse of judgment” to attend the raising of a progress flag on Friday as part of the town’s Pride month celebrations.

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