San Antonio, TX – San Antonio City Council member Elisa Chan was caught on tape in May (which only surfaced recently), calling LGBT persons “disgusting,” while in a council meeting intended to discuss a pending nondiscrimination ordinance. Representing San Antonio’s ninth district, Elisa Chan held a press conference last week, where she blasted the staffer who recorded her exchange, in addition to defending her opinion, citing the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. During the press conference, Chan said: “I know many people find the comments made in the meeting offensive, but again, it was a confidential meeting set in the privacy of my office, where none of us are suppose to worry about what we say. I stand strong in my First Amendment right to freedom of speech and our right to privacy. And as an immigrant, I consider this the greatest privilege of being a U.S. citizen.” Chan went on to say, “My belief, my views are mine. I do not impose that on anybody else. I’m not asking anybody to agree with me.”