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As the group demonstrated its ability to turn out LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly voters, more politicians sought its endorsement. The group made endorsements in the Houston municipal election, fall of 1975, and contributed to the re-election of Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz. In 1977 it endorsed Kathy Whitmire, who won her race for City Controller.
Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club [61] Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus [62] Human Rights Campaign [63] International Association of Black Professional Firefighters [64] Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [65] Latino Victory [66] League of United Latin American Citizens [67] Lesbians Who Tech + Allies [68] LGBTQ Victory Fund [69] LPAC [70 ...
Proposition 1 was a referendum held on November 3, 2015, on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).The ordinance was intended to improve anti-discrimination coverage based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Houston, specifically in areas such as housing and occupation where no anti-discrimination policy existed.
Tim Walz Gavin Newsom Kathy Hochul Gretchen Whitmer Josh Shapiro Andy Beshear Maura Healey Katie Hobbs Jay Inslee J. B. Pritzker Tony Evers. All 23 incumbent Democratic state governors — including the vice presidential nominee Tim Walz of Minnesota — have endorsed Harris, as well as 3 of the 4 Democratic territorial governors and one Republican governor.
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Anita Bryant. In 1977, the Texas State Bar Association invited country singer Anita Bryant to perform at a meeting in Houston, Texas.In response to Bryant's outspoken anti-gay views and her Save Our Children campaign, thousands of members of the Houston LGBT community and their supporters marched through the city to the venue in protest on June 16, 1977.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBT advocacy group, drew particular criticism for its endorsement of the Act, which was seen as a betrayal by many in the transgender community. In February 1997, Frye organized a gathering of transgender people in Washington, D.C., where 20 people came to the offices of 46 senators of the 49 who voted for ...
Kathleen M. Brown, historian, David Boies Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania [10] Michael Stuart Brown, geneticist, W. A. Moncrief Distinguished Chair in Cholesterol and Arteriosclerosis Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 [279]