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."
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- PETE BUTTIGIEG: HOW A YOUNG, GAY MAYOR BEME A DEMOCRATIC STAR
- OKLAHOMA TOWN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR RIGNS, CG HARASSMENT
- MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
- PORTLAND: LARGT U.S. CY WH OPENLY GAY MAYOR
- JACKIE BISKUPSKI BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF SALT LAKE CY
- FIRST GAY MAYOR U.S. DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE LGBTQ RIGHTS IN
- PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY CABET MEMBER NFIRMED BY SENATE
PETE BUTTIGIEG: HOW A YOUNG, GAY MAYOR BEME A DEMOCRATIC STAR
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In jt a matter of a month, this 37-year-old - who would be the youngt and the first openly gay US print - has transformed himself om long-shot to legimate ntenr for the Whe Hoe.
OKLAHOMA TOWN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR RIGNS, CG HARASSMENT
Surname pronounced "BOOT-edge-EDGE" Speaks French, Spanish, Italian, Malte, Arabic, Norwegian and DariSon of two universy amics, father an immigrant om MaltaMayor of South Bend, Indiana, sce 2012A former US Navy telligence officer and veteran of Afghan warCame out as gay aged 33 and married June 2018Perhaps most importantly, this surge of tert Buttigieg's ndidacy has translated to mpaign dollars, as he recently announced he has raised more than $7m (£5. In 2015, shortly the midst of his mayoral re-electn mpaign, Buttigieg announced a lumn the lol newspaper that he is gay. ""Beg gay has had no bearg on my job performance bs, the ary, or my current role as mayor, " he ntued.
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MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
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The first openly gay mayor of a small town Oklahoma rigned on Monday, sayg a letter that he’s creasgly bee the target of threats recently.
PORTLAND: LARGT U.S. CY WH OPENLY GAY MAYOR
”Graham was jt one of six out LGBTQ elected officials Oklahoma and the state’s only gay mayor, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Instute’s Out for Ameri NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram. 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.
“I was well to adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay, ” Buttigieg wrote at the time.
JACKIE BISKUPSKI BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF SALT LAKE CY
I., and the first openly gay mayor of a state pal -- has reprented Rho Island's First Congrsnal District sce 2011.
She mak history as Kansas's first LGBTQ member of Congrs and the first gay Native Amerin woman elected to Congrs. Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District.
FIRST GAY MAYOR U.S. DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE LGBTQ RIGHTS IN
Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U. It ma Portland, populatn timated at 575, 000, the largt cy the natn to elect an openly gay mayor. PORTLAND — Two months ago, Sam Adams, a Portland cy missner and the mayor-elect, rallied a crowd of gay-rights activists as part of a natnal seri of protts agast California’s new ban on same-sex marriage.
PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY CABET MEMBER NFIRMED BY SENATE
He didn’t mpaign on gay rights or social issu.
“I’m nng not to be a gay mayor, but a great mayor, ” he said. Gay, lbian ndidat.
Adams was one of more than 100 gay, lbian and bisexual ndidat nng for feral, state and lol offic endorsed earlier this year by the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund, a Washgton, D. C., group whose aim is to crease the number of openly gay elected officials. Denis Dison, the anizatn’s spokman, said 80 of the ndidat won, cludg 33-year-old entreprenr Jared Polis, of Boulr, Colo., who November beme the first openly gay man to w a seat Congrs as a noncumbent ndidate.