Annise Parker

Houston Mayor Annise Parker: President Obama Needs To Evolve 'Faster' On Marriage Equality

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.27.2012

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Houston’s openly lesbian Mayor Annise Parker, newly re-elected to a second term, says President Obama needs to evolve "faster" on marriage equality,...

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True LGBTQ Stories: Houston Mayor Annise Parker's Young and Forbidden Love (VIDEO)

Nathan Manske | Posted 01.10.2012

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PHOTOS: LGBT Candidates Win Big In 2011 Elections

Posted 01.09.2012

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Election Day 2011 proved victorious for many LGBT candidates and their causes, with at least 53 out of 75 candidates endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Vic...

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How Houston Won A Climate Protection Award

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 08.24.2011

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Houston won this year's U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Award. Houston -- the city that serves as headquarters for BP America, ConocoPhi...

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Rick Perry's 'Response' Threatens America, As Do Many Of The Responses To It

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 08.12.2011

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Until there is a plan which respectfully addresses those left out or those who choose not to participate, Response, and all those responding to it, will be adding to America's woes not healing them.

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A Cruel Summer: Budget Cuts Rob City Kids Of Activities

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 07.31.2011

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NEW YORK — A rising number of children can look forward to excruciatingly boring school breaks this year as budget crises in places such as New ...

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How a Gay Man's Harmless Political Expression May Lead to Prison Time

Taylor Asen | Posted 05.25.2011

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It should not be for Congress to decide that certain objects' symbolic value warrants trampling on the right of American citizens to engage in free speech.

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Madame Mayor: Why So Rare?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annise Parker's election as Houston's mayor throws down the gauntlet to all cities to expand their resource base by advancing more women and minorities through public service and business.

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Gay Houston Mayor Candidate Annise Parker Ahead In Polls

The Associated Press | Juan A. Lozano | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) HOUSTON -- Houston's openly gay city controller has pulled ahead in the race to be mayor of the nation's fourth largest city, just two days befor...

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Annise Parker: Openly Gay Mayor Elected In Houston, Texas

AP/ Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston's hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city's first openly ga...

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Anti-Gay Activists Trying To Derail Houston Mayoral Campaign

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gay-rights advocates, coming off stinging defeats of same-sex marriage legislation in New York and Maine, could get a boost this week in--of all place...

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Annise Parker: Houston Voters May Elect Openly Gay Mayor

AP | MONICA RHOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUSTON — Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston's hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city's...

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Conservatives of Convenience

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is my belief that outrageously hypocritical behavior demonstrated by conservative religious authorities is directly responsible for the surge in non-believers and those who shun organized religion.

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Annise Parker, Running For Houston Mayor, Hit By Anti-Gay Attacks

The Associated Press | Monica Rhor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annise Parker's mayoral campaign Web site bio reads like a catalog of campaign catch phrases: She has been Houston's City Controller and a member of c...

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