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Contents:
- IS AMERI READY TO ELECT A GAY PRINT?
- MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
- FIRST OPENLY GAY US PRINTIAL CANDIDATE?
- IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN
- A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.
IS AMERI READY TO ELECT A GAY PRINT?
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Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay U.
MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
In 2012, he blazed a path as a gay ndidate for print. Fred Karger won't let people fet. * gay candidate for president *
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?
FIRST OPENLY GAY US PRINTIAL CANDIDATE?
Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana — the first ndidate who is a lennial, openly gay and an Afghan War veteran, jos the 2020 printial race, sayg, "our untry needs a h start." * gay candidate for president *
“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.
IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN
The first openly gay printial ndidate to mount a major mpaign has attracted an equally pneerg prs rps. * gay candidate for president *
The same poll showed 40% of Ain Amerin rponnts sayg they are reluctant to vote for a gay man. “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.
A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.
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Before Pete Buttigieg, there was Fred Karger, the first openly gay ndidate to n for print. ”He appreciated the fact that Buttigieg, whenever troduced as the first openly gay ndidate for print, ma a pot of clarifyg the matter and givg Karger cred where cred was due. 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.