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Journalists Are Captivated by Pete Buttigieg, But He’s No Hero to LGBTs

Journalists Are Captivated by Pete Buttigieg, But He’s No Hero to LGBTs

Slightly sad and cowardly, his only fangirls seem to be corporate journalists

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Apr 26, 2019
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Journalists Are Captivated by Pete Buttigieg, But He’s No Hero to LGBTs
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In June 2015, just ten days before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg penned an editorial in the local newspaper coming out as a gay man.

“I was well into adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay. It took years of struggle and growth for me to recognize that it’s jus…

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