The first out gay man to serve as State Department spokman talks about diplomacy, strategy, and the power of reprentatn.
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- MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKPERSON: 'NO HIGHER HONOR' THAN THIS WORK, HE SAYS
- STATE DEPARTMENT'S 1ST OPENLY GAY SPOKPERSON SENDS SIGNAL TO THE WORLD, ADVOT SAY
MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKPERSON: 'NO HIGHER HONOR' THAN THIS WORK, HE SAYS
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Ned Price ma history as the first openly gay spokperson for the State Department when he was appoted two weeks ago, to serve unr Secretary Anthony Blken.
Price wrote how after he was acced of drivg wh a spend license and placed unr arrt (the rult of an admistrative error), the officer asked him if we was gay. I hated briefly before mtg another offense: I lied to a policeman, tellg him, no, I was not gay, " Price wrote. Diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) persons around the world.
STATE DEPARTMENT'S 1ST OPENLY GAY SPOKPERSON SENDS SIGNAL TO THE WORLD, ADVOT SAY
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg ma history by beg the first publicly-out gay Cabet secretary approved by the Senate. Jt over two s ago, Print Bill Clton had to e a recs appotment to stall the first openly gay U. Now, on Tuday, the State Department's new openly gay spokperson will hold his first daily prs the voice of the Bin admistratn on the world stage, whose words will be analyzed foreign pals and provi directn for U.
Diplomats overseas, will be a gay man is unremarkable, which is self a remarkable also sends a potent msage to foreign LGBTQ activists, pecially those fightg untri where same-sex relatnships are still crimalized. "It's credibly important for queer people untri where homosexualy and queerns is a ath sentence, " said Innanoshe Richard Akon, a Nigerian LGBT rights activist and wrer. "It really seems like forever ago, and the untry has changed so many ways and even large swaths of the world have changed, " said Michael Gut, a reer diplomat who beme the first openly gay ambassador nfirmed by the Senate, ls than three years after Hormel's appotment.