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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.
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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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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
On June 9, 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (covering Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island) ruled that Lucas Rosa, a transgender woman, could claim sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act when a bank denied her a loan application because of the way she was dressed. The ...
Franklin County, Ohio: Gahanna-Jefferson School Board member 2022–present The first transgender elected official in Ohio. [104] [105] Precious Brady-Davis: Cook County, Illinois: Member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago: 2023-present Appointed in July 2023 then elected by special election in 2024. [106]
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.