No one in the real estate industry has the right to discriminate against or disparage a group of people, LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance President Justin “JZ” Ziegler writes.
Source: Inman News
‘Alliance members won’t back down’ before anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric
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