Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker may not be in office but she's very much in the fight for equal representation.
Elected to back-to-back terms, the Rice University graduate and longtime energy analyst shattered a formidable glass ceiling as the first openly LGBT person chosen by voters to run a major American city.
Since 2017, she has enjoyed considerable success at the helm of the Victory fund, supporting qualified gay and transgender candidates seeking public office and boasting a 71-percent win rate, among those endorsed in the last cycle."I feel like I am once again making a difference in politics without having to run myself. Our democracy is healthier and stronger when all of us are represented.
Among those "attacks" is the ongoing effort by conservatives in Austin aimed at outlawing "gender-affirming" health care and limiting athletic participation by Texas children in transition. "Most of the attacks right now most of the anti-legislation is directed specifically on issues of gender identity. One, because it's easier to demonize a group that people are unfamiliar with and it's a tiny, tiny minority of the broader LGBTQ community," said Parker.
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