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

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 presidential canidates *

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.

TMP: I’D VOTE FOR A GAY PRINT

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“I was well to adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay, ” Buttigieg wrote at the time.

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. Nikki Haley’s 2024 printial bid has seen her misgenr trans fluencer Dylan Mulvaney and claim Ron DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law “don’t go far enough”.

She nounced DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law – which rtrictns LGBTQ+ discsns schools – for “not gog far enough” and misgenred social media fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. Durg his time the Republin Party, Stt supported the US ary’s reviled ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, opposed same-sex marriage and told Newsweek that he nsirs homosexualy to be morally wrong. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was ially a proponent of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, but he said expandg the anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn was “excsive”.

THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINTIAL NDIDATE

The hband of Transportatn Secretary and former a2020 printial ndidate Pete Buttigieg is speakg about the young adult adaptatn of his memoir, cludg his experience g out as gay. * gay presidential canidates *

Suarez told NBC News he ially supported DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, but he said expandg the anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn to all gras was “excsive”. Speakg on his podst, Verdict Wh Ted Cz, the Republin, 52, said the 2015 se that legalized gay marriage the U.

We saw stat before Obergefell, some stat were movg to allow gay marriage, other stat were movg to allow civil partnerships.

The vio opens wh a clip of then-ndidate Tmp pledgg to "do everythg my power to protect our LGBTQ cizens" a speech at the 2016 Republin Natnal Conventn, jt weeks after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay club Orlando.