MIAMI — Community leader and LGBTQ+ ally Ruth Shack has died at 94, the Miami Herald reports.

In 1977, Shack, a member of what was then the Metro-Dade Commission, introduced and helped pass a measure that protected people from workplace housing and other types of discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Shack served three terms as a commissioner and became head of the Miami Foundation.

She said growing up Jewish and experiencing prejudice led to her stepping in to defend gay rights.

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