Yesterday Houston reelected Annise Parker, who, in 2009, became the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. But farther down the ballot, one of the city’s school board races included a last-minute flurry of homophobic negative campaigning by incumbent HISD District III trustee Manuel Rodriguez Jr., who ultimately held off challenger Ramiro Fonseca by a narrow (unofficial) margin of 2,401 to 2,377.Last week, Rodriguez mailed out a flyer that included blunt shots at the endorsement his opponent received from the Houston GLBT Political Caucus and Fonseca’s sexuality. Among other things, it said Fonseca “SPENT YEARS ADVOCATING FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BI-SEXUAL, TRANSGENDER RIGHTS………..NOT KIDS” and highlighted Rodriguez’s status as a “Family man, married 38 years to high school sweetheart… 5 grandchildren” while noting his opponent was…The post HISD Trustee Reelected After Mailing Out Anti-Gay Flyer appeared first on Texas Monthly.