Attorney General’s Office Takes Up Case on ASU Attack, Vows to Protect LGBTQ+ Community
The office met with community leaders on how it could protect LGBTQ+ people in the coming legislative session.
The Attorney General’s office has taken up an investigation looking into the attack on David Boyles, a queer ASU professor who was attacked by two people associated with Turning Point USA, a conservative group that has made anti-LGBTQ+ comments and homophobic remarks.
Arizona Deputy Attorney General Bill Mundell mentioned the office taking up the case during a meeting with a select group of community members within the state’s LGBTQ+ businesses and nonprofits, who met with the Attorney General’s office last week in an attempt to understand how it could help in combatting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and hate-motivated behavior.
Present at the meeting were…