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Related: About this forum4 openly gay candidates seek Texas House seats
http://m.dallasvoice.com/4-openly-gay-candidates-seek-texas-house-seats-10104602.htmlSince 2003, when Austin Democrat Glen Maxey left the Texas House, no out LGBT person has served in the Texas Legislature.
The Lone Star State is now one of only 18 states that lacks an openly LGBT state legislator, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the Washington, D.C.-based PAC that backs out candidates nationwide.
But at least four LGBT candidates for Texas House will be seeking to change that this year.
Victory Fund spokesman Dennis Dison said the group has not yet endorsed any of the candidates, and the filing period for May 29 primaries just ended last week. But Dison said he believes electing openly LGBT candidates to public office is a crucial part of passing pro-equailty legislation.
No state legislature has instituted [same-sex] partnership rights without having out LGBT officials in the legislature, Dison said. We have seen in cases where there is just a sole legislator, that it can have a huge impact in terms of our community and changing peoples minds about who we are.
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4 openly gay candidates seek Texas House seats (Original Post)
w8liftinglady
Mar 2012
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William769
(55,148 posts)1. What do you think there chances are?
w8liftinglady
(23,278 posts)2. If they are running in Austin or Dallas... pretty good!
Austin is very liberal.If the districts they are set to represent have a significant lgbt population,then the community will GOTV.We have a great public facility for lgbt,The Dallas Resource Center, and I'm sure Austin and Houstin do.
Now....if they are running in East Texas,forget it.
William769
(55,148 posts)3. Thanks for filling in the gaps for me.