Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday announced an “action plan” to make Seattle a safer city for its gay, lesbian and transgender population and to counter what has been a serious uptick in hate crimes and confrontations in a LGBT-friendly city. While Seattle has made “more progress than almost anyplace in the world,” said the Mayor, who is gay, “We can’t get people to stop hating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.” Mayor Ed Murray and Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole.