In this special Pride Month episode, Clarence sits down with Annise Parker, former mayor of Houston and President and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, which works to build, train and support LGBTQ+ leaders at all levels of government to advance equality in public office. They discuss Mayor Parker’s personal journey in public service as the first openly LGBTQ+ mayor of a major American city, and how the Victory Institute supports LGBTQ+ candidates up and down the ballot.
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