Over the Rainbow

Description

The fight over LGBTQIA+ rights, politics and policies goes on.

This session was available to ticket holders of the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival for the duration of the monthlong event.

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This session is supported by Lyft.

Speakers

Annise Parker

President & CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund & Institute

Parker serves as president and CEO of the Victory Fund and Victory Institute, national organizations dedicated to electing LGBTQ candidates to office. Previously, she served as mayor of Houston from 2010 to 2016 and was the first openly LGBTQ mayor of a major American city. Parker also served on the Houston City Council and was later elected city controller.

Alphonso David

President of the Human Rights Campaign

David is a nationally recognized LGBTQ civil rights lawyer and president of the Human Rights Campaign. Previously, he was counsel to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and served as the governor’s chief counsel and principal legal advisor. David also served four years in Gov. Cuomo’s cabinet as deputy secretary and counsel for civil rights, the first position of its kind in New York State.

Moderator

Katelyn Burns

Contributing Writer at Vox

Burns is a freelance journalist and contributing writer at Vox. Previously, she was the federal policy reporter for Rewire.News, where she covered the U.S. Congress and federal policy issues. Burns also worked as a freelance journalist covering transgender news for them., an online LGBT magazine, and has written bylines for the Washington Post, VICE, the Establishment and Allure.