Birmingham LGBTQ Community Leader Honored by White House

| December 8, 2015 

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Steven Romeo is founder of the Change Project here in Birmingham. It highlights the lives of LGBTQ people in Alabama and other areas of the South. Recently, Romeo received the White House “Champions of Change” recognition, given to just a handful of LGBT community leaders in the U.S. He stopped by to talk to WBHM about this accolade and about his organization.

 

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