Gay houston mayor

Parker is Houston 's second female mayor (after Kathy Whitmire). She is also one of the first openly gay mayors of a major U.S. city, with Houston being the most populous U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor until Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago in [3][4][5].

Annise Parker (born May 17, , Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American politician who served as mayor of Houston (–16). At the time of her election, Houston, then America’s fourth largest city, became the country’s largest city to elect an openly gay mayor.