Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has voted against a proposal to fly the transgender flag on Transgender Day of Remembrance due to a lack of policy around the flying of such a flag.
The issue came before a monthly meeting of Council on Monday, February 28, following a request from Alliance Party councillor Eoin Tennyson for Council to fly the transgender flag and light up its civic buildings pink and purple on international transgender day of visibility on March 31.
A report from officers explained that while the cost of doing so is not prohibitive, the council would have to draft and agree a specific policy relating to the flying of the transgender flag and advised that due to the time scale involved, approval of the policy before March 31 would be “challenging”.
