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'''Owen J. Hurcum''' is a Welsh politician, currently Mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd and Bangor City councillor for the Glyder ward. They are the first openly nonbinary mayor of any city and also the youngest person in history to hold a mayoral position in Wales.<ref name="salon">{{Cite web |title=Recent college grad becomes world's first elected non-binary mayor |author= |work=Salon LGBTQ |date=11 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url= https://salonlgbtq.com/recent-college-grad-becomes-worlds-first-elected-non-binary-mayor/|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="OKane">{{Cite web |title=Welsh town elects nonbinary mayor in a historic first |last=O'Kane |first=Caitlin |work=CBS News |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owen-hurcum-bangor-city-wales-nonbinary-mayor/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707045523/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owen-hurcum-bangor-city-wales-nonbinary-mayor/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''Owen J. Hurcum''' is a Welsh politician, currently Mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd and Bangor City councillor for the Glyder ward. They are the first openly nonbinary mayor of any city and also the youngest person in history to hold a mayoral position in Wales.<ref name="salon">{{Cite web |title=Recent college grad becomes world's first elected non-binary mayor |author= |work=Salon LGBTQ |date=11 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url=https://salonlgbtq.com/recent-college-grad-becomes-worlds-first-elected-non-binary-mayor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402033930/https://salonlgbtq.com/recent-college-grad-becomes-worlds-first-elected-non-binary-mayor/ |archive-date=2 April 2024 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="OKane">{{Cite web |title=Welsh town elects nonbinary mayor in a historic first |last=O'Kane |first=Caitlin |work=CBS News |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owen-hurcum-bangor-city-wales-nonbinary-mayor/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707045523/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owen-hurcum-bangor-city-wales-nonbinary-mayor/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


Owen helped to organise the first ever Bangor Pride in 2019.<ref name="Ali">{{Cite web |title=Transgender awareness week: The inspirational people making a difference in Wales |last=Ali |first=Joseph |work=WalesOnline |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/transgender-awareness-week-wales-ltbtq-19289161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726162632/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/transgender-awareness-week-wales-ltbtq-19289161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
Owen helped to organise the first ever Bangor Pride in 2019.<ref name="Ali">{{Cite web |title=Transgender awareness week: The inspirational people making a difference in Wales |last=Ali |first=Joseph |work=WalesOnline |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=13 May 2021 |url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/transgender-awareness-week-wales-ltbtq-19289161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726162632/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/transgender-awareness-week-wales-ltbtq-19289161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>