{"id":350084,"date":"2026-06-25T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350084\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:52:11","slug":"greater-houston-lgbtq-chamber-presents-pride-in-business-at-hilton-americas-outsmart-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350084\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber Presents Pride In Business At Hilton Americas \u2013 OutSmart Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-192787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_0688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2490\" height=\"1579\"  \/>Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber Presents Pride In Business At Hotel Americas (Photos by Dalton DeHart)<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce marked a decade of economic advocacy in style at the 2026 Pride In Business Celebration Luncheon + After Party, held at the Grand Ballroom at the Hilton Americas-Houston. The region\u2019s only business-focused Pride Month event drew together elected officials, community leaders, and members of Houston\u2019s LGBTQ+ business community for a day that was equal parts milestone and momentum. The event included a trade show showcasing chamber members and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">KHOU 11 News anchor Len Cannon returned as emcee, guiding the afternoon with the steady presence he has brought to the event in years past. Houston Mayor John Whitmire attended as a special guest, speaking about the ten years of partnership between the city and the Chamber.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-192775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_0648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1791\" height=\"1434\"  \/>KHOU 11 News anchor Len Cannon and keynote guest Keith Boykin at the 2026 Pride In Business Celebration Luncheon + After Party hosted by the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The afternoon\u2019s centerpiece was a fireside chat with keynote guest Keith Boykin, national political commentator, New York Times bestselling author, and former White House aide to President Bill Clinton. Boykin reflected on his journey as an LGBTQ+ leader, advocate, and storyteller, offering the kind of candid, personal perspective that made the conversation a clear highlight of the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The celebration was chaired by Brooks Ballard of Brooks Ballard International Real Estate, Dr. Jacquie Baly of BalyProjects, and Francisco S\u00e1nchez, Jr. of Hagerty Consulting. The 2026 Host Committee included Susanne Brady-Lusk, Sara Brook, Roderick Brown, Jenny Selber Gustafson, Mitchell Avila Katine, Dr. Paul Lovero, Clay Melder, Travis Torrence, Juliana M. Wathen, and others.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_0552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"envira_noscript_images \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber Presents Pride In Business At Hotel Americas (Photos by Dalton DeHart) The Greater Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-350084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}