Gay mayor of houston

Parker is Houston 's second female mayor (after Kathy Whitmire). She is also one of the first openly gay mayors of a major U.S. city, with Houston being the most populous U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor until Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago in [3][4][5]. Annise Parker (born May 17, , Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American politician who served as mayor of Houston (–16).

At the time of her election, Houston, then America’s fourth largest city, became the country’s largest city to elect an openly gay mayor. Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Annise Parker made history Saturday as Houston's first openly gay mayor. Parker, who served five years as city controller, beat former city attorney Gene Locke with Annise Parker made history when she became the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S.

city in Her tenure as the city’s top elected official followed 12 years as an at-large City Council. LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and LGBTQ+ Victory Institute & CEO Annise Parker is the first former elected official to lead the organizations, having served six years as a Houston City Council member, six years as City Controller, and six years as Mayor of the city.

Parker's election in made Houston the largest U. She has since been re-elected twice, winning again in both and I am privileged to now be the wife of the woman I have loved for more than 2 decades. We said our vows today. The couple selected January 16 for their wedding date because it marks the 23rd anniversary of the start of their lives together. She waited until after the election to do this for a reason, because she realized had she done it before the election and subjected herself to the will of the voters, she might not have been successful [ Then she goes to California, a state that recognizes same sex marriage, and gets married there.

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Then she gives her city attorney a percent pay raise. Dan Patrick's running a political campaign. And he wants to make the gay community a whipping boy in that political campaign. And he thought I was an appropriate target. He doesn't know what he's talking about. And I don't think that's unusual. She simply stated, "You don't commit 23 years of your life to someone to make a political statement.

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