Houston Mayor Annise Parker, politician and lesbian mom, spoke recently with local ABC affiliate KTRK about her family and four adopted children.
Parker talked about first meeting a gay 16-year-old living on the street and on the spur of the moment, offering him the keys to her home. She and her wife Kathy Hubbard later adopted him and his two sisters, though not without difficulties. They now have a third daughter and a very diverse family: “Our son is African American, two of our daughters are biracial and our third daughter is Anglo Hispanic,” Parker explained.
When asked if it was difficult raising children of a different race from their own, Parker replied, “Hair, hair. Hair was huge,” and Hubbard added, “But we had a lot of help.” Village. Children. You know.
The two married in 2014 in California after 23 years together.
Go listen to the whole interview for a more personal look at this very public couple. (As Hubbard noted, “We’re so far out of the closet we live on the front lawn.”)
