The Hoton LGBTQ+ Polil Cc is dited to elimatg prejudice, vlence, and jtice agast gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people.
Contents:
- THE HOTON GAY AND LBIAN POLIL CC
- THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ONE OF HOTON’S MOST HISTORIC GAY BARS
- GAY HOTON
THE HOTON GAY AND LBIAN POLIL CC
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Our MissnFound 1975, the Hoton LGBTQ+ Polil Cc is dited to elimatg prejudice, vlence, and jtice agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people through tn, activism, and polil advocy.
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ONE OF HOTON’S MOST HISTORIC GAY BARS
The Hoton LGBTQ+ Polil Cc is the South's olst civil rights anizatn dited solely to the advancement of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr rights. It was found 1975, and is the largt LGBTQ polil anizatn the cy of Hoton and Harris County. It is known lolly simply as "The Cc". The Cc is nonpartisan and endors ndidat on the basis of their support for LGBTQ rights, regardls of polil party or ndidate's sexual orientatn. * houston gay caucus *
The Cc was found the summer of 1975 by four dited gay and lbian activists Pokey Anrson, Bill Buie, Hugh Crell, and Keh McGee, long before gay rights beme a major natnal issue.
From s earlit moments, the anizatn emphasized electg ndidat who were gay-iendly and had ma specific mments to support issu important to Hoton's GLBT muny. Sue Lovell, who was a lear the Cc at the time, rells: "The then-Gay Polil Cc approached Eleanor Tsley wantg to endorse her her race for Cy Council At-Large Posn 2 agast 12-year cumbent Frank Mann.
Succs of Openly Gay Candidat. Wh the support of the Cc, she beme the first openly gay dividual elected to cywi office Hoton. She won that race, stantly beg one of the hight-rankg gay officials the untry.
GAY HOTON
Another past print of the Cc, she beme the send openly gay person to w cywi electn. The Cc endorsed Parker early her bid to bee the first openly gay mayor of a major Amerin cy, and s members provid much of the grassroots strength of her mpaign.
While she never sought support solely on the basis of her sexualy, she also never shied away om , sistg that, "Voters will elect me knowg that I'm gay and that will mean a lot to my muny. Known the past as the Hoton Gay Polil Cc, Gay and Lbian Polil Cc, and GLBT Polil Cc, has been around for s. "The Hoton Gay and Lbian Polil Cc: Selectns om the Annise Parker and Kathy Hubbard Papers at the Universy of Hoton Librari Special Collectns" is the 2022 Hollyfield Foundatn Pri Exhib for the LGBT History Rearch Collectn.