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What is the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce?
The Chamber is the leading voice for the LGBTQ+ and Allied Business Community in the Greater Houston region.
Mission: The Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce accelerates economic opportunity for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + business community through a strong network of business allies, innovative programs, strategic partnerships and advance policies that foster economic inclusion and equality.
The Chamber launched in 2016 to ensure representation for the LGBTQ+ Business Community. The organization was founded by Co-Founders Tammi Wallace and Gary Wood. The Chamber is supported by members and Corporate Partners that invest in the mission of the organization.
- Grown every year since the launch of the organization
- Only business organization in the region focused on supporting and growing the LGBTQ+ and Allied Business Community
- Working with the Chamber and the NGLCC, the City of Houston is the first city in Texas to recognize LGBT-owned businesses
- Largest number of Certified LGBTBE® businesses in the State of Texas
Chamber Mourns the Loss of Transgender Activist, Journalist and Pioneer Monica Roberts
We celebrate Monica’s life and legacy. Rest in Power, Monica.
HOUSTON, TX (October 8, 2020) – The Chamber mourns the loss of transgender activist Monica Roberts. She passed away unexpectedly in Houston this week. We celebrate her life and legacy and express tremendous gratitude for her work and fierce advocacy on behalf of the community.
Monica was a talented journalist and the creator of TransGriot, a blog that she described as “A proud unapologetic Black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006.” Monica won numerous awards for her pioneering activist work and her journalism. She was a native Houstonian. Monica’s work on behalf of the transgender community as well as the entire community reaches across the globe through her words and actions.
“Losing Monica is devastating and especially in Houston where the community had the privilege of seeing her passion and work in the city she called home,” said Tammi Wallace (she|her), Co-Founder and President & CEO. “Monica was a leader, force and shero in the TLGBQ+ community. She always led from the front and worked to make the world a better place for those that would come after her. Monica's legacy is in every blog post she wrote, every life she touched, every elected official she held accountable and in every story that will be told from this day forward about her advocacy and her impact.”
We celebrate Monica’s life and legacy. Rest in Power, Monica.
About the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Established in February 2016, the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to accelerate economic opportunity for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + (LGBTQ+) business community through a strong network of business allies, innovative programs, strategic partnerships and advance policies that foster economic inclusion and equality.
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Media Contact : Tammi Wallace (she|her|hers) / 713-301-2266 / tammi.wallace@houstonlgbtchamber.com
Listen to Chamber Leadership talk about the important work of the Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce focused on economic inclusion for the LGBTQ+ & Allied Business Community. The Chamber is at the intersection of business + community!
The Chamber provides tremendous value to member businesses through business development opportunities, marketing exposure to businesses and consumers, including the LGBTQ+ market, representation in the regional and national LGBTQ+ and business communities, resources for business growth and operation, and advocacy for equal rights and business-friendly public policy.
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