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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.
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.
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President Obama continued this in 2009, and President Biden proclaimed it as "LGBTQ Pride Month" in 2021. More: UT professors sue Biden administration over new Title IX abortion, gender identity rules
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) 2002: Active National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) 1990: Active National LGBTQ Task Force (The Task Force) 1973: Active National Transgender Advocacy Coalition: 1999: NOH8 Campaign: 2009: Prop. 8: North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) 1966: Dissolved in 1970
In 2008, 80 of the group's 111 endorsed candidates won their elections. [27] In 2009, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund donated $40000 to the election of Annise Parker as mayor of Houston. [28] In electing an out lesbian as its chief executive, Houston became the largest city in the country to have elected an out gay person as mayor.
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