{"id":477232,"date":"2026-10-26T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477232\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:54:09","slug":"met-queerla-brings-lgbtq-voters-to-the-polls-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477232\/","title":{"rendered":"MET Queerla Brings LGBTQ+ Voters to the Polls in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200593 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/120446-DSC00386-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1513\" height=\"1009\"  \/>Attendees gathered for MET Queerla, an LGBTQ+ early voting event in Houston on October 24. (Photos by Nora Dayton)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Houston LGBTQ+ organizations came together October 24 for MET Queerla, a voter mobilization event held at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center on West Gray Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The event brought a Pride-inspired atmosphere to the polling location, encouraging LGBTQ+ Houstonians to cast their ballots during early voting for the November 3 general election. Organizers rolled out a red carpet, inviting voters to wear colorful outfits and celebrate LGBTQ+ visibility and civic participation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Among those in attendance were Brad Pritchett, CEO of Equality Texas; Verniss McFarland III, founder of The Mahogany Project; and Mandy Giles, founder of Parents of Trans Youth and a Pride Houston Ally Grand Marshal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The event was organized by Equality Texas in partnership with The Mahogany Project, The Montrose Center, Stonewall Sports Houston, Human Rights Campaign Houston, the Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus, Star Dust Co. and Parents of Trans Youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">MET Queerla was part of a broader effort to encourage LGBTQ+ voter turnout across Texas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/120221-DSC00290-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"envira_noscript_images \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Attendees gathered for MET Queerla, an LGBTQ+ early voting event in Houston on October 24. (Photos by Nora&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-477232","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\/477232","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=477232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}