In an interview, Gonzalez, who is Mexican American, also described the situation as xenophobic, gender-based discrimination and personal. She told NBC News that Hernandez's complaint and the commission's decision in his favor are "homophobia in its most transparent, clear definition." The commission ruled in Hernandez's favor last month, according to Gonzalez, but she sent the agency a letter of appeal Friday. The rainbow flag has been a universal symbol of LGBTQ pride, equality and inclusion since June 1978, when it made its debut at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. "By prominently displaying the flag of her private bias on the bench of the courtroom," the motion states, Gonzalez "abuses her power and office in causing all citizens under her influence, including our citizens who do not share her views, to submit themselves to the symbol of her preferred sexual orientation."
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