100 Women We Love Class of 2010
A Houston, Texas native, Annise Parker has remained close to her roots. She was sworn in as the 61st mayor of Houston in January, becoming only the second woman and first openly gay person to hold that office. She graduated from Rice University and worked for two decades in the oil and gas industry, with 18 of those years spent at the Houston-based Mosbacher Energy Company. For ten years, she co-owned Inklings, a Houston-based independent gay bookstore. Parker was involved in Houston politics for several years prior to becoming mayor, serving six years as a member of the City Council and one six-year term as Houston City Controller. -CB
As the first decade of the new millennium comes to an end, we take a moment to celebrate 100 out lesbians who have made the past year one of inspiring change and amazing progress.
Lisa Thrasher
The President of Film Production and Distribution for POWER UP (Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up), Lisa Thrasher is a film producer, lawyer, professor and photographer. She produced the multi award-winning film Itty Bitty Titty Committee, POWER UP’s first feature, and more recently produced its latest film, GIRLTRASH: All Night Long, a rock musical-comedy involving a battle of the bands and lots of dyke drama. Thrasher says, “As a film producer, I hope to make films that impact and energize women to challenge themselves to effectuate global change.” As a guest professor, Thrasher teaches “film production, producing and the legal aspects of film production” for a variety of universities around the globe, as well as for POWER UP. As if that’s not enough, this multi-talented artist’s photography has been shown at galleries in New York and France and she was the first recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts fellowship for her photography. -CB
