The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus and Reyes-Revilla endorser Adrian Garcia both condemned a Thursday mailer that shows Reyes-Revilla with her husband and two kids juxtaposed with a photo of Castillo and his husband. Reyes-Revilla says she supports the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ candidates made history in 2020, but what s most earth-shattering about their record is its standout diversity Connor Perrett The White House is blanketed in rainbow colours symbolizing LGBT pride in Washington on June 26, 2015. In the November general election, a number of LGBTQ candidates won races across the US in a phenomenon that s been dubbed the rainbow wave. Several winners made history, including the first Black gay members of Congress, the first transgender state senator in Delaware, and the first nonbinary state legislator. Andrew Reynolds, a professor at Princeton University who studies LGBTQ+ people in politics, said the wins were more a splash than a wave, noting that the gains coincided with existing trends.
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In the November general election, a number of LGBTQ candidates won races across the US in a phenomenon that s been dubbed the rainbow wave.
Several winners made history, including the first Black gay members of Congress, the first transgender state senator in Delaware, and the first nonbinary state legislator.
Andrew Reynolds, a professor at Princeton University who studies LGBTQ+ people in politics, said the wins were more a splash than a wave, noting that the gains coincided with existing trends.
What s more notable, he said, was the diversity among the winners, including more wins for female, nonbinary, and nonwhite LGBTQ+ candidates.
reiterate and just to warn people one more time. we re going to get a lot of rain tonight. it s going to result in some high water situations. so for heaven s sakes, be safe out there. mayor? thank you, judge. the message from the city of houston is going to be the same as from harris county and that is that we expect eight to 12 inches of rain, could be more. depending on how that rain fall, if it s fast enough in a small enough area, we know that we will have localized street flooding. we are going to have heavy rain region wide and just as a fact of the geography that we deal with here, that depending on how fast that rain comes down, we know there will be some high water incidents. now, coastal areas are already
potential widespread areas in houston and central texas because of the former hurricane patricia that moved through mexico, thankfully, even though it was largest storm in the western hemisphere, did not cause the widespread damage predicted. but you can have a very heavy rainy, wet weekend in texas, especially south texas, especially houston, you know you got the port and the rivers and galveston obviously right there on the crest. got to be very careful down there as the houston mayor anisse parker is about to brief the media on what they can expect and what people should do. let s listen in as authorities give folks in houston, texas some advice. into tomorrow until the severe weather passes, whether that s tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, or even monday. unless there are new developments such as neighborhood flooding or something like that, it s not