Philly Mayor Fires LGBTQ+ & DEI Chiefs Over Nude Photo

“Loyalty Over Integrity”: Philly DEI Chief & LGBTQ+ Director Fired Over Nude Pic They Didn’t Send

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS — LGBT Politics USA

PHILADELPHIA — (July 26, 2025) — It began with a nude photo no one admits to sending — and ended with two of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s highest-profile appointees abruptly ousted from office.

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Tyrell Brown, the city’s Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs, and Brandee Anderson, the Chief Officer of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, were both terminated this week in what critics are calling a textbook case of retaliation and political scapegoating. Anderson has spoken out, calling the decision unjust and accusing Parker’s administration of valuing “loyalty over integrity.”

According to Anderson, the controversy erupted after a semi-nude photo allegedly sent by Deputy Chief of Staff Christopher Dailey reached Brown through a gay cruising app. Brown reported the incident internally. But instead of accountability at the top, the fallout landed squarely on the shoulders of the very leaders tasked with defending inclusion, equity, and LGBTQ+ representation.

Stay with JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA as this scandal continues to rock Philadelphia City Hall — where Pride leadership and DEI reform may have just been sacrificed to protect the Mayor’s inner circle.

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