New Hampshire town considers banning all public art over LGBTQ+ murals

A small town in New Hampshire may ban all public art after a local official objected to a “diversity mural” sponsored by an LGBTQ+ group.

In late August, state Sen. Carrie Gendreau (R), a member of Littleton, New Hampshire’s three-person Select Board, took issue with a mural consisting of three paintings by artist Meg Reinhold, according to the CBC. Commissioned by the NOCO Mural Project in collaboration with local LGBTQ+ group North Country Pride with funding from a United Way grant, the paintings went up late this summer on a brick wall outside local restaurant Jing Fong.