In a polil first, two gay ndidat face off ngrsnal electn

Contents:

• WHICH DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATORS HAVE THE GAYT AND LEAST GAY STAFFS?
• MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
• SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
• IN A POLIL FIRST, TWO GAY NDIDAT FACE OFF NGRSNAL ELECTN

WHICH DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATORS HAVE THE GAYT AND LEAST GAY STAFFS?

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.

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

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SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT

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

'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. “It was gog to happen sooner or later, ” said Donald Hair-Markel, a polil science profsor at the Universy of Kansas and the thor of “Out and Runng: Gay and Lbian Candidat, Electns and Policy Reprentatn. ”Image: Robert Zimmerman (Patrick McMullan via Getty Imag file)Zimmerman slammed Santos for his support of former Print Donald Tmp, who he said advoted a “homophobic, bigoted, ” agenda.

“I’ve been approached by so many parents of gay kids, ” Zimmerman said. “The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills have a chillg effect well beyond the borrs of Florida, ” he add, referrg to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, which lims classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty. “I am an openly gay ndidate.

“I am not for the state oversteppg the church, ” he Republins voted for the Rpect for Marriage Act the Hoe, and Santos said “that shows that the Republin party is far om homophobic. “The issue is not that both of are gay, ” Zimmerman said.