ORLANDO | Terry DeCarlo, The LGBT+ Center Orlando’s chief communications director, announced via Facebook June 11 that he would be resigning from his position at The Center just one day before the two-year mark of the Pulse tragedy.
“It is with a heavy heart that I report to you this morning that I have resigned my position at the LGBT Center Orlando,”DeCarlo wrote. “I hope during my tenure at the agency, going through a complete facility overhaul to give Orlando a nice place to call home and then helping lead the community through one of the darkest times in history that I made you proud.”
DeCarlo was the executive director of The Center in 2016 during the aftermath of the Pulse shooting when all of the world’s attention was turned to Orlando.
“The Center Orlando would like to thank Terry DeCarlo for his service to The LBGT+ Center Orlando, Inc. and to our community over the last 4 years. He has resigned his post at The Center. Terry helped lead The Center through some of its darkest days during and after the Pulse tragedy. He was instrumental in being a part of much-needed healing of our community. We wish Terry the best in his new adventures, and in his passion to help others in the LGBT community,” said The Center’s current executive director George Wallace in a statement to Watermark.
In his post, DeCarlo thanked his husband Bill Huelsman calling him “my rock”and the “love of my life for almost 22 years.”DeCarlo also wrote that he has a very big announcement that “should be coming in the next day or so.”
“It has been in the works for about the past month and a half and once we are given the go ahead, we will announce,”DeCarlo wrote. At press time no announcement had been made.
DeCarlo concluded the post by asking the community to continue supporting The Center and thanking Orlando for love and support.
