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Can't speak for the rest of the South, but Houston (which you might or might not count as a Southern city) elected an openly gay woman as mayor in 2009 [1]. The
by my_first_acct 9y ago
Can't speak for the rest of the South, but Houston (which you might or might not count as a Southern city) elected an openly gay woman as mayor in 2009 [1]. The current mayor is African-American [2].
Obviously, looking at mayoral demographics is a pretty crude way of judging a city's tolerance, but it is better than extrapolating from news reports, which can hardly give a detailed picture of a region that encompasses a dozen or so states.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annise_Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annise_Parker
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Turner
- Arizhel 9y agoTo be fair, Texas isn't really part of the "Deep South", and isn't really known to be as backwards and racist as places like MS, AL, etc.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Texas isn't really part of the "Deep South" I dunno, it seceded to protect slavery from twice as many countries as any other state in the South; that's got to count for something.
- Arizhel 9y agoTennessee seceded in the Civil War too but it's not part of the Deep South either. I think Arkansas did too, and that's definitely not part of the "South" at all. Same goes for Missouri.