Pete Buttigieg on God, beg gay and Mike Pence

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• PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY CABET MEMBER NFIRMED BY SENATE
• IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE
• PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY DEMOCRAT TO N FOR PRINT

PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY CABET MEMBER NFIRMED BY SENATE

Former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday phed back agast attacks on his sexualy, days after alli of Print Donald Tmp qutned whether Amerins are ready for a gay ndidate who kiss his hband onstage. "They're stg there, and they're lookg at Mayor Pete - a 37-year-old gay guy, mayor of South Bend, lov to kiss his hband on the bate stage.

And they're sayg, OK, how's this gog to look, a 37-year-old gay guy kissg his hband onstage next to Mr. )Separately, Sebastian Gorka, a former puty assistant to the print and a Tmp mpaign surrogate, last week qutned on his own rad program why Buttigieg, "a homosexual man, " was "lecturg about the sancty of life the womb.

"Buttigieg on Sunday dismissed the notn that his sexualy uld be ed agast him by Tmp a general-electn matchup, notg that he was overwhelmgly re-elected as South Bend mayor after g out as gay. "That's what the Amerin people are for, and I am sadned for what the Republin Party has bee if they embrace that kd of homophobic rhetoric, " he said on "Fox News Sunday. Jacksonville Jaguars’ Kev Maxen is the first male major pro men’s ach to e out as gay.

IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE

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In the Tmp admistratn, Richard Grenell served as actg director of Natnal Intelligence, the first openly gay dividual to serve a Cabet-level posn an actg pacy, but his posn was not 's Cabet also clus the first female treasury secretary, first female director of Natnal Intelligence and first Black fense secretary. WASHINGTON – Pete Buttigieg got a hero’s wele as he took the stage Sunday at a fundraisg bnch for a group that supports LGBTQ improbable printial mpaign of the prevly ltle-known, openly-gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has been generatg signifint buzz, posive headl, and large crowds important primary stat like New arrived at the LGBTQ Victory Fund event h off an terview wh NBC’s "Meet the Prs. “In Buttigieg, gay Amerins see a symbol of acceptance, ” the headle the day smarter:Get USA TODAY's Daily Briefg your boxBut as he spoke to a packed hotel ballroom illumated wh lavenr lights, Buttigieg shared somethg that he’s still unfortable admtg.

PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY DEMOCRAT TO N FOR PRINT

"It’s hard to face the tth that there were tim my life when, if you had shown me exactly what was si me that ma me gay, I would have cut out wh a knife.