AZCentral.com – by Lynh Bui – The Arizona Republic
The Scottsdale Human Relations commissioner who began the job as Ken Culver and reappointed later as Michele de LaFreniere died recently.
Although de LaFreniere is most known for her activism in the transgender community, those who remembered her said she advocated equality for all groups.
While serving on the Human Relations Commission, de LaFreniere was part of an effort that pushed the Scottsdale City Council to extend equal-employment protection to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.