#BeyBeAHERO: Twitter calls on Beyoncé to help defeat anti-LGBT discrimination in her hometown

With Houston set for a divisive vote on a non-discrimination ordinance, all eyes are one of its most famous natives.

But why Beyoncé? Aside from her formidable reach, the singer was an obvious choice because she’s a beloved native of Houston. What’s more, Maza pointed out that as the public face of pro-HERO forces, she’d offer the perfect contrast to one of opponents’ most prominent champions – former Arkansas Gov. and current 2016 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who’s notorious not only for his fire-breathing social conservatism, but also for his slut-shaming condemnation of Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z, whom he viciously attacked as a prostitute-and-pimp pair in his most recent book.

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