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.
Angela Jimenez
Award-winning photographer Angela Jimenez has been lauded by the New York Press Photographer’s Association, Communication Arts Photo Annual and the Magenta Foundation. She brilliantly documents LGBT culture for the New York Times, where she is a regular contributor, and a number of other mainstream and independent publications. Her self-published book Welcome Home: Building the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, a seven-year labor of love, features intriguing portraits from the annual summer festival. “I hope to help give our community a way to communicate who we are, what we are doing: to tell the stories about the beautiful culture we are making and the struggles we are facing,” she says. “I want to leave a legacy of stories, to not let them just pass by untold. Because then we know what we are building on and we can go forward with our eyes open.” -CB
