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In the show, Mayor Parker shar her experience Hoton, and specifilly her history as an activist and member of s queer muny, eventually servg the cy as s first openly gay mayor.

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HOTON ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR

By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Rters) - Hoton's openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, has wedd her longtime partner at a private home California, even as her home state of Texas bans such same-sex marriag. Parker and Kathy Hubbard were married on Thursday, the 23rd anniversary of their relatnship, acrdg to a statement om the mayor's office. But the polics the state's largt ci are far more progrsive, wh vibrant gay muni plac such as Hoton, Dallas and At. Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valz, currently servg her third term office, is openly gay, as are cy uncil members Dallas, Fort Worth, At and Hoton. * houston mayor gay *

Cy Parker, who served five years as cy ntroller, won wh nearly 54 percent of vote Conservativ, anti-gay activists had lnched tense mpaign agast Parker Hoton, Texas (CNN) -- Annise Parker ma history Saturday as Hoton's first openly gay mayor.

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Other ci such as Province, Rho Island, and Portland, Oregon, have picked openly gay mayors.

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Also, the cy ss a state where gay marriage is agast the law. "I have always stood up for the fact that I am gay.

HOTON IS LARGT CY TO ELECT OPENLY GAY MAYOR

After the mayoral race entered a noff, nservativ and anti-gay activists mounted an tense mpaign agast Parker.

Hoton rints received flyers the mail that highlighted Parker's support om gay groups and her relatnship wh her partner.

REUTERS/Richard Hartog/urty of Mayor Annise Parker's office/HandoutBy Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Rters) - Hoton's openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, has wedd her longtime partner at a private home California, even as her home state of Texas bans such same-sex marriag. But the polics the state's largt ci are far more progrsive, wh vibrant gay muni plac such as Hoton, Dallas and At. Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valz, currently servg her third term office, is openly gay, as are cy uncil members Dallas, Fort Worth, At and Hoton.

HOTON ELECTS OPENLY GAY MAYOR

Hoton Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly gay mayor of a major cy, married her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard, on, who was recently sworn to a third term, and Hubbard have been together for 23 years. 12, 2009HOUSTON — Hoton beme the largt cy the Uned Stat to elect an openly gay mayor on Saturday night, as voters gave a solid victory to the cy ntroller, Annise Parker. But she began her reer as an advote for gay rights the 1980s, and was lost on no one Hoton, a cy of 2.

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