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“Houston, We Don’t Have A Problem”

Last night Houston elected an openly gay mayor in a closely fought election run-off. And she is a woman. Annise Parker, a long time Houston city official and a lesbian, became the mayor of the country's fourth largest city, winning 53.6% of the votes. I am now hoping that the excellent outgoing mayor of Houston, Bill White, a Democrat, will unseat Rick Good Hair Perry in the 2010 guberatorial election.

Annise Parker
HOUSTON – A lesbian candidate won Houston's mayoral election Saturday night, a vote that made the city the largest in the U.S. to ever have an openly gay mayor.

"This election has changed the world for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. Just as it is about transforming the lives of all Houstonians for the better, and that's what my administration will be about," City Controller Annise Parker told supporters after former city attorney Gene Locke conceded defeat.

Parker got 53 percent of the vote. More than 152,000 residents turned out to cast ballots in the fourth largest U.S. city.

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2 responses to ““Houston, We Don’t Have A Problem””

  1. Dean C. Rowan

    On the other hand, Houston, we still have a problem. Houston ought to be proud, but still, “America is getting better at the individual level. The question is when will that translate into critical progress for the groups Parker and Obama come from.”

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  2. Ruchira

    May be the Boston Globe columnist reads Accidental Blogger. Of course we still have problems. The gay activists who were instrumental in grass roots organization on Parker’s behalf have no illusions. Pace Andrew Sullivan, I had expressed similar sentiments after Obama was elected.
    But just as Obama’s election was for African Americans, Mayor Parker is seen as a huge symbolic step forward for the gay community.

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