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Pride Houston is an energetic group of committed volunteers who meet year-round to develop, organize, coordinate and promote the Pride Parade and Festival and other annual events for our community. It is our goal to create the means by which gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons can commemorate, educate and celebrate; we build on our past while creating new paths toward a positive future for all humanity, not excluding any aspect of who we are as a people.
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Ernie
Board of Director
Eric
Executive Director
Troy
Board of Director
Frankie
Volunteer Director
Ricky
Board of Director
Aaron
Celebration Chair, Festival
Trevor
Board of Director
Dale
Entertainment Chair
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Pride Houston

 

Basic Info
 

Name:
Pride Houston
Category:
Organizations - Non-Profit Organizations
Description:
Pride Houston is an energetic group of committed volunteers who meet year-round to develop, organize, coordinate and promote the Pride Parade and Festival and other annual events for our community. It is our goal to create the means by which gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons can commemorate, educate and celebrate; we build on our past while creating new paths toward a positive future for all humanity, not excluding any aspect of who we are as a people.
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

Contact Info
 

Email:
info@pridehouston.org
Website:
http://www.pridehouston.org
Office:
PO Box 66071 Houston TX 77266-6071
Location:
401 Branard Street, Suite 100
Houston, TX

Recent News
 

News:
For 2010, Pride Houston will recognize Mayor Annise Parker as the Honorary Community Grand Marshal.

Annise ParkerAnnise Danette Parker is the mayor of Houston as of January 2, 2010. She served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2003, and city controller from 2004 to 2009.

Parker is Houston’s second female mayor, and the first openly gay mayor of any U.S. city with over a million residents.

Parker was born and raised in the community of Spring Branch in West Houston, where she attended public schools. Her mother was a bookkeeper, and her father worked for the Red Cross. In 1971, when Parker was 15, her family moved to a U.S. Army base in Mannheim, Germany for two years. In Germany, she volunteered as a candy striper in the Red Cross youth service organization and worked at the base library.

Parker began attending Rice University on a National Merit scholarship in 1974, working several jobs to pay for her room and board. A member of Jones College, she graduated in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and sociology.
Prior to serving as an elected official, Parker worked in the oil and gas industry as a software analyst for over 20 years, including 18 years at Mosbacher Energy. In addition, she co-owned Inklings Bookshop with business partner Pokey Anderson from the late 1980s until 1997 and served as president of the Neartown Civic Association from 1995 to 1997. In 1986, she was president of the Houston GLBT Political Caucus.

Parker ran unsuccessfully for City Council District C in 1991 and again in 1995, finishing third in the special election for At-Large position 4, the seat vacated by Sheila Jackson Lee after her election to Congress.

In 1997, Parker prevailed in the runoff election for At-Large position 1 to become Houston’s first openly gay elected official. She was re-elected twice to the same seat in 1999 and 2001 without being forced to a run-off. As a councilmember, she was recognized as “Councilmember of the Year” by the Houston Police Officers Union and earned the “Distinguished Local Elected Official Award” from the Texas Recreational and Park Society.

In 2003, Parker was elected City Controller. She was re-elected in 2005 and 2007 unopposed. In addition, Parker also secured a seat for a controller’s appointee on the Houston Municipal Pension System Board of Trustees, marking the first time the city’s chief financial officer has had any involvement in the pension system.”
In 2009, Parker announced her candidacy for the office of Mayor of Houston in a video posted online to her campaign website. She was endorsed by several organizations and campaigned on a platform of better city security and budget cuts. Other people who were in the running for mayor included Houston City Council Member Peter Brown and Harris County school board trustee Roy Morales; they were eliminated from the race on November 3, 2009. She entered the run-off election with the most votes to face former Houston City Attorney Gene Locke who garnered the second most votes.

During the run-off election, Parker was endorsed by former rival Peter Brown and the city’s primary newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. On December 12, 2009, Parker made history when she was elected mayor of America’s fourth largest city. When she assumed office on January 2, 2010, Houston became the largest U.S. city to ever have an openly gay individual serve as mayor. After the election, Parker declared that the top priorities of her administration will be improving transportation, balancing the city’s budget, and selecting a new police chief.

Pride Elects New Board Members

September 17, 2009 - Pride Houston (Pride), the largest Pride organization in the Southwest, today announced that the Board of Directors has elected ten new Board Members: John Buchanan, Tammy Dowe, Troy Dunnahoe, Robert Garcia, Ray Olachia, Ricardo Gonzalez, Michael Hatcher, Ernie Manouse, Frankie Quijano and Phillip Slaughter.

"The diverse ranges of professional experience and expertise that our new colleagues bring to the organization will be of great value as we continue the work of making Pride Houston the premiere LGBT organization in Texas," says Richard Graber, Co-Chair of Pride's Board of Directors Transition Team.

"Pride's work in building awareness and bringing a familiar face to this human rights movement is shaping our culture today and helping to grow and develop acceptance of LGBT people," said Richard Graber. "There are many victories our community is experiencing and we are confident that the diverse range of expertise found within the new members of the board of Pride Houston will help advance the important work of this organization."