Which Democratic U.S. Senators Have the Gayt and Least Gay Staffs?

Contents:

• MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
• IS AMERI READY TO ELECT A GAY PRINT?
• GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY
• PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY DEMOCRAT TO N FOR PRINT
• PETE BUTTIGIEG: HOW A YOUNG, GAY MAYOR BEME A DEMOCRATIC STAR
• IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN
• FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT
• AS BUTTIGIEG BUILDS HIS CAMPAIGN, GAY DONORS PROVI THE FOUNDATN
• 'THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG.' TWO NEW YORK CANDIDAT NOW POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK, AO-LATO MEN CONGRS

MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT

Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, beme the first openly gay ndidate the 2020 printial race Wednday, jog an already crowd field of Democratic hopefuls.

“I’m om the Midwt, so the issu of makg sure that we have a posive way forward for workers and fai the dtrial Midwt — this is not theoretil for me, ’s my home, ” Buttigieg Buttigieg were to overe the long odds and bee the Democratic nomee for print, he would be the first openly gay nomee and the first veteran of the Afghanistan War, where he served a tour as a Naval Rerve officer. “I was well to adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay, ” Buttigieg wrote at the time. Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay U.

On the mpaign trail, he speaks of beg gay terms of fay valu, emphasizg he is a lovg, mted same-sex marriage, and what his ndidacy says about cln and equaly Ameri today. WATCH: Is Ameri Ready to Elect a Gay Print?

IS AMERI READY TO ELECT A GAY PRINT?

“Pete’s succs so far this mpaign reprents an evolutn Amerin polics, upendg tradnal notns of electabily and provg that Ameri is ready to elect s first openly gay print, ” Ellt Imse, munitn director at the LGBTQ Victory Fund, said. LGBTQ is an clive signatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and other sexual orientatns. The same poll showed 40% of Ain Amerin rponnts sayg they are reluctant to vote for a gay man.

GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY

“If Ain Amerins were sort of disproportnately cled to not vote for somebody who is gay, you would thk that would have shown up there as well, ” said David Barker, director of the Center for Congrsnal and Printial Studi at Amerin Universy Washgton. Man, ” wh Buttigieg’s same-sex marriage, and said Amerins are “still not ready to elect a gay guy kissg his hband on the bate stage [as] print. ” Now, many historians say Buchanan was most likely gay and he's been regard more warmly for 's a change Buttigieg pecially is aware of — even though he said his "gaydar" isn't powerful enough to terme Buchanan's sexualy.

WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Wednday that he was formg a printial exploratory mtee — makg him the first openly gay Democrat to seek the office.

PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY DEMOCRAT TO N FOR PRINT

Before Buttigieg, the only openly gay person to n for print was Republin Fred Karger. Buttigieg said that while beg a gay ndidate might not make news the astal ci, certaly still did Indiana, where he has anchored his still-young polil reer. "I'm nng bee [Montana] passed some of the most discrimatory bills we've had, you know, ever the state of Montana, " Jab Terson, a gay man nng for his state's Hoe of Reprentativ, told NPR.

Has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls.

The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay. In jt a matter of a month, this 37-year-old - who would be the youngt and the first openly gay US print - has transformed himself om long-shot to legimate ntenr for the Whe Hoe.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: HOW A YOUNG, GAY MAYOR BEME A DEMOCRATIC STAR

Surname pronounced "BOOT-edge-EDGE" Speaks French, Spanish, Italian, Malte, Arabic, Norwegian and DariSon of two universy amics, father an immigrant om MaltaMayor of South Bend, Indiana, sce 2012A former US Navy telligence officer and veteran of Afghan warCame out as gay aged 33 and married June 2018Perhaps most importantly, this surge of tert Buttigieg's ndidacy has translated to mpaign dollars, as he recently announced he has raised more than $7m (£5. In 2015, shortly the midst of his mayoral re-electn mpaign, Buttigieg announced a lumn the lol newspaper that he is gay.

""Beg gay has had no bearg on my job performance bs, the ary, or my current role as mayor, " he ntued. "I admire the fact that he's openly gay, " says Celia Botto of Manchter, who me to the Buttigieg event wh her hband, Brandon. "I n't believe 's taken this long for an openly gay man to n for print.

He's for the Green New Deal, but as a "ncept" and a "amework" that emphasis the emergency the world ptn, 'Voters will re about my ias, not that I'm gay'Buttigieg's stump speech is heavier on visn than the kds of policy tails, however, which mostly e out terviews and media qutng. "Even Buttigieg's gay inty is beg qutned om some rners of the left.

IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN

"Has Buttigieg faced setbacks or barriers to succs bee he's gay?

FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT

In fact, he said, he feels great after easily wng electn last week to bee Florida's first LGBTQ state said the electn of so many lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people across the untry this electn cycle “is a direct phback on the hatred and bigotry over the last four years, ” cg the Tmp admistratn’s rhetoric agast immigrants, people of lor and the LGBTQ muny. Even wh one gay cumbent’s Hoe race yet to be lled, LGBTQ reprentatn Congrs will h an all-time high next noncumbent LGBTQ victors, both progrsive Democrats, easily won their rac.

Mondaire Jon, an attorney, and New York Cy Council member Rchie Torr handily won their rac for New York’s 17th and 15th Congrsnal Districts, rpectively, beg the first openly gay Black ndidat elected to Congrs. Bisexual Democrat Torrey Harris and gay Republin Eddie Mannis both won seats the state said Mannis’ victory is relatively unual, as the “Republin Party has still not been that welg to LGBT folks. ‘A seat at the table’While last week’s victori for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer ndidat have creased reprentatn across the U.

AS BUTTIGIEG BUILDS HIS CAMPAIGN, GAY DONORS PROVI THE FOUNDATN

Populatn, the Victory Fund timat we would need to elect 22, 000 more lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer elected officials to achieve “equable reprentatn. ”Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer voters have historilly been a reliably Democratic votg bloc.

At least 1, 095 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people have n or are still nng for office at all levels this year, up om 1, 006 2020, acrdg to data om the LGBTQ Victory Fund.

In New York, two gay ndidat — Democrat Robert Zimmerman and Republin Gee Santos — are nng to fill the seat vated by Democrat Tom Suozzi New York’s 3rd Congrsnal District.

'THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG.' TWO NEW YORK CANDIDAT NOW POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK, AO-LATO MEN CONGRS

Hoe, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory this race guaranteed to rult a w for a gay ndidate, the oute of the electn will help terme whether Democrats hang on to their slim majory the Hoe. 'It was gog to happen sooner of later'The odds of a faceoff between two gay ndidat have gone up recent years, bee there’s been an crease LGBTQ ndidat at all levels of ernment.