{"id":1592,"date":"2015-01-11T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2015-01-11T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T17:02:34","slug":"atlanta-fire-chief-fired-for-anti-lgbt-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1592","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Fire Chief fired for anti-LGBT book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John Mack Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has fired Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran due to Cochran&#8217;s distribution of a self-published book called?<em>Who Told You You Were Naked??<\/em>Via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/news\/reed-to-speak-about-atlanta-fire-chief-book-contro\/njg9W\/\">Atlanta-Journal Constitution<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Among what city leaders said were troubling remarks in the fire chief?s book was a description of homosexuality as a ?perversion? akin to bestiality and pederasty. Reed said in November that such writings were inconsistent with the city?s employment policies and opened an investigation into potential discrimination within the fire department.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cochran had been put on a 30 day unpaid suspension for distributing the book in December. 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