Many LGBTQ voters thk that the first openly gay Democratic printial ndidate seems too straight. But there’s a way of seeg his rise as a se study queer performance.
Contents:
- TUCKER CARLSON SAYS PETE BUTTIGIEG 'LIED' ABOUT BEG GAY IN DERANGED NEW ATTACK
- 'BEG GAY IS NOT ENOUGH': BUTTIGIEG'S NDIDACY DIVIS LGBTQ DEMOCRATS
- IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE
TUCKER CARLSON SAYS PETE BUTTIGIEG 'LIED' ABOUT BEG GAY IN DERANGED NEW ATTACK
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. * buttigieg not gay *
As a young, hyperarticulate, openly gay technocrat who ocsnally read Norwegian novels, Buttigieg appealed to a certa segment of progrsiv who found him nfirmatn that they are supposedly more telligent, tolerant and sophistited than their untrymen. Jacksonville Jaguars’ Kev Maxen is the first male major pro men’s ach to e out as gay.
Transportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg durg a meetg of Print Bin's Competn Council the State Dg Room of the Whe Hoe Washgton, D.C., on Wednday.Bloomberg via Getty ImagTransportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday slammed the growg polil rhetoric and foc on culture war issu, such as LGBTQ ncerns that overtook an appropriatns bate on Capol Hill earlier this week.Buttigieg, the first openly gay man nfirmed to a Cabet posn, ma the remarks a wi-rangg terview at the Department of Transportatn wh members of the Natnal Associatn of Hispanic Journalists.He said he had not "very closely" tracked the argument that broke out Tuday a Hoe appropriatns meetg on fundg for transportatn, hog and urban velopment. By now, you may have heard that some queer people thk that Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a current ntenr for the Democratic Printial nomatn, is not gay enough. ” I am here to notn that some of thk Buttigieg is not gay enough has an intifiable relatnship to the facts, which are that, for the purpos of this discsn, people who grew up queer this untry fall to two distct tegori of experience.
'BEG GAY IS NOT ENOUGH': BUTTIGIEG'S NDIDACY DIVIS LGBTQ DEMOCRATS
* buttigieg not gay *
And then there is the other experience, the life of blendg , only to surprise your classmat—or, more likely, former classmat who follow you on social media—wh the revelatn that you are gay. Recently, a iend mentned that, after thirty years of teachg, she had mentned her wife class for the first time, surprisg her stunts wh the revelatn that she was gay—and I found myself momentarily marvellg at havg the optn to e out to one’s stunts or part of his mpaign, and velopg his polil persona, Buttigieg has repeatedly told a pellg story about his g out. He also waed until after attus toward homosexualy had changed and same-sex marriage had bee legal more than half the stat and was regnized by the feral ernment—all thanks to the urage and work of people who me out before Buttigieg did.
Buttigieg embodi the send kd of gay experience and the send kd of gay polics. It’s offerg the promise that our first gay first fay might actually be a straight one.
IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE
Pete Buttigieg the first openly gay Cabet member, cricized a vio re-posted by DeSantis' team that go after Tmp on LGBTQ issu and featur imag of "shirtls bodybuilrs." * buttigieg not gay *
”What mak Buttigieg an easy and reassurg choice for the olr, whe, straight people, and a disturbg possibily for the queer people who seem to be cricizg him for not beg gay enough? He is an old polician a young man’s body, a straight polician a gay man’s body.
Buttigieg, the first openly gay man nfirmed to a Cabet posn, ma the remarks a wi-rangg terview at the Department of Transportatn wh members of the Natnal Associatn of Hispanic Journalists.
“It’s a book I wish I would have had when I was terrified, when I was believg that I was the only gay person the world for a long time. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Wednday went after Pete Buttgieg yet aga, claimg the transportatn secretary “wouldn’t even adm that he was gay” until several years ago and “lied about for reasons he has never been asked to expla.