Georgia lawmaker comes out as nonmonogamous: 'I'm in love with two wonderful people'
Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari, the first queer Muslim person to be elected in Georgia, has two partners, and the three of them plan to build a family.
When Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari won the 5th District seat last November, it represented two major firsts: Bakhtiari was the first queer Muslim person elected in the state of Georgia and the first nonbinary councilmember of a major U.S. city.
But Bakhtiari, who uses they and she pronouns, wasn’t entirely out of the closet at the time. While they had been with their partner, Kris Brown, for 10 years, the duo kept quiet about what they’ve both described as one of the best parts of their lives: They are nonmonogamous, and are in a relationship with a third person, Sarah Al-Khayyal.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 29, 2022 9:07 AM
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“We’re openly showing it and proud of it,” Bakhtiari said of their relationship.
“It should be destigmatized. It’s a very valid familial structure that people should embrace.”
The trio, who prefer the term nonmonogamy rather than polyamory, admitted in the interview that hiding their relationship for two years was difficult given Bakhtiari’s very public life.
“This is the sort of thing that a political opponent or someone who has some ax to grind might pick up on and twist around and turn into something negative, and we want to claim it upfront, and say this is the best thing about our life,” Brown said.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 29, 2022 6:38 AM
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Yeah, this type of situation always works out well!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 29, 2022 6:56 AM
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I could swear this was posted yesterday.
Anyway, why does she think she and her domestic circumstances are important enough to be broadcast? Do her constituents even GAF? Probably not.
This kind of attention-seeking just suggests a very deep reason why someone who reeks of Axis II probably shouldn't be a "public servant."
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 29, 2022 7:05 AM
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She probably knows that it’s going to come out and be used against her so she’s explaining it before her opponent can.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 29, 2022 7:07 AM
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I swear I would pay 20 dollars a month for DL if they would filter out the Lezzby Stories. ....No---25 DOLLARS a month...
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 29, 2022 7:07 AM
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Not one of them attractive.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 29, 2022 7:49 AM
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Queer. Muslim. Poly. Nonbinary.
We. Can't. Take. This. Explosion. Of. EVERYTHING SACRED ALL AT ONCE.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 29, 2022 8:15 AM
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[quote] Georgia lawmaker
What kind of laws does this so-called 'lawmaker' make?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 29, 2022 9:07 AM
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