{"id":216550,"date":"2026-06-11T16:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216550\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:10:13","slug":"brzezinski-misgenders-titus-in-erie-city-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216550\/","title":{"rendered":"Brzezinski misgenders Titus in Erie City Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Thu, June 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/25beb527f1984f57bd391da5108da2d3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski misgenders Titus in Erie City Council meeting<\/p>\n<p>A heated exchange at an Erie City Council meeting Tuesday evening sparked controversy on social media over the behavior of a council member.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of a council meeting discussing bayfront development, Council President Tyler Titus addressed Councilman Ed Brzezinski with a reminder to limit interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Brzezinski replied &#8220;yes ma&#8217;am&#8221; to Dr. Titus, who is openly transgender and goes by they\/them pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>Since that interaction, Titus has gone to social media condemning the comment.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Bayfront Market House approved after Erie City Council rescinds previous vote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/bayfront-market-house-approved-after-erie-city-council-rescinds-previous-vote\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Bayfront Market House approved after Erie City Council rescinds previous vote\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Titus said in part: &#8220;My hope is that the public response sends a clear message: hate has no home in our city. Erie is at its best when we choose respect, accountability, and a commitment to the humanity of all people\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JET24 reached out to councilman Brzezinski about the incident and received no word back.<\/p>\n<p>Titus said he would only consider a censure if there is an intentional disruption of council proceedings or a failure to observe expected decorum.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, June 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC Brzezinski misgenders Titus in Erie City Council meeting A heated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[94695,136,138,137,5145,94696],"class_list":["post-216550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-brzezinski","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-city-council-meeting","tag-titus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}