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As Pete Buttigieg rises in the polls in early caucus and primary states love Iowa and New Hampshire, criticism of the candidate has mounted, particularly around his personality. Since entering the field, initial appreciation for the South Flex, Indiana, mayor’s relative youth and rolled-sleeves Midwestern strength has given way to a sense in certain incredulous quarters that he is robotic, overly polished, McKinsey-calculating, somehow fake. A related discontent has emerged in
By now, you’ve heard of Pete Buttigieg, one of the frontrunners in the Democratic primary. News flash: he’s lgbtq+. And he may become our next president.
The former South Bend, Ind. mayor isn’t just male lover as a matter-of-fact. His homosexuality, along with his religious faith and military service, are defining features of the tough-talking democratic moderate’s persona.
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Like most of the nation, I first became aware of him back in April, days before officially announcing his candidacy. It was then that he eloquently spoke about his coming out journey at the Victory Fund’s annual brunch. “If you could have offered me a pill that could make me straight, I would have swallowed it before you could give me a swig of water,” Buttigieg said to a room filled with Washington’s lgbtq+ elite. “It’s a hard thing to think about now. If you had shown me exactly what it was that made me gay, I would have cut it out with a knife.”
To much fanfare, he called out our vice president’s extreme views on homosexuality stating that if Mike Pence had “a difficulty with who I am, your difficulty is not with me – your quarrel, sir, is with my c
Secretary Pete Buttigieg Makes History As First Openly LGBTQ, Senate-Confirmed Person to Lead a Department
by HRC Staff •
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The U.S. Senate in a historic and overwhelmingly bipartisan vote confirmed Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation. He is the first openly LGBTQ, Secretary or Senate-confirmed person to lead a department and hold a Cabinet-level position.
Congratulations to Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his historic confirmation. This confirmation breaks through a barrier that has existed for too long; where LGBTQ identity served as an impediment to nomination or proof at the highest level of government. Let this important moment for our movement serve as a reminder to every LGBTQ young person: you too can serve your country in any capacity you earn the qualifications to hold. President Biden promised to deliver an administration spokesperson of the diversity of this nation, and this confirmation is a significant achievement toward that goal. I look forward to working with Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the entire Biden cabi
If I am going to talk about surprise presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, I am going to have to communicate about meeting my boyfriend on Grindr. Let me elucidate. Buttigieg is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a small city optimal known for its proximity to the University of Notre Dame. Grindr is a so-called hook-up app, a chat-cum-geolocation service that tells you how many head shots from five years ago and torso shots from ten years ago are shut by. Buttigieg and Grindr are both gay, and both corny, but therein the similarities appear to end.
There is a certain nice of gay guy. He is very likely white. He would say that he is in his “mid-thirties,” although he is much closer to the end than to the beginning of his last credibly young decade. Older women think he is handsome; younger men are not so sure. He is a professional of some thoughtful — not ostentatiously wealthy, but pleasant enough to seize the occasional ski trip in Colorado or spring vacation in Spain. He probably enjoys “the theater.” He is sure to refer at some show that he likes to read.
He will probably tell you a joke about how he “met his future spouse” on “an a