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Buttigieg Drops Presidential Campaign
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, who had considerable success and made history as a gay presidential candidate, dropped on Sunday night his bid for the White House. “Tonight, I am making the difficult to [...]
Pete’s Predicament: Winning Over Black Voters on Super Tuesday
With Super Tuesday just a few days away, Pete Buttigieg will be required to make wins among Black and Brown voters to stay in the game as a viable presidential candidate — a Herculean effort [...]
Buttigieg: ‘I’m ready’ to Take on Attacks Over Being Gay
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s being gay made him stand out in the first few months of his campaign last year, earning him a surge of media attention that his relatively obscure reputation as the mayor [...]
Iowa Caucus: Buttigieg Declares Victory
Openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg declared his campaign to be “victorious” following the caucus voting in Iowa Monday night, even though a huge controversy was unfolding because the Iowa Democratic Party could not [...]
Sinema Wins Senate Race in Arizona
It’s official. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, an out centrist bisexual Democrat, has defeated Donald Trump’s choice to replace retiring Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, Republican Rep. Martha McSally. It’s the first Democratic win in the red state since 1976. The [...]
With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
After a disappointing election night in 2016 and two years of President Trump in the White House, Democrats came back with an important win Tuesday night and were projected to win control of the U.S. [...]
Lesbian Former MMA Fighter Sharice Davids Elected to Congress in Kansas
A lesbian attorney in Kansas who formerly was a mixed martial arts fighter has won election to the U.S. House, setting her up to become one of the first female Native Americans to serve in [...]
Jared Polis Becomes First Out Gay Person to Win Election as Governor
The LGBT community achieved a major first on Tuesday night when Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) became the first openly gay person to win election as governor in the United States. NBC News declared Polis, a [...]
Lesbian Angie Craig Unseats Anti-LGBT House Lawmaker in Minnesota
A lesbian candidate running for a U.S. House seat in Minnesota has unseated an anti-LGBT lawmaker from the U.S. House, making her poised to become the first openly gay mother in Congress. At a around [...]
Pence Urges Voters to Back Trump Over Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Freedom’ Acts
Vice President Mike Pence counted on Saturday President Trump’s actions in favor of “religious freedom” — considered by LGBT rights supporters as means to enable anti-LGBT discrimination — as reasons for why conservative voters should [...]
Gina Ortiz Jones Could be LGBTQ Face of 2018 Dem Victories
Change could come to Washington after the congressional mid-term elections in November, and the bid of Gina Ortiz Jones to represent Texas’ 23rd congressional district certainly represents that possibility. Jones, who recently emerged a victor [...]
Sen. Gillibrand: Defeat Trump in 2020 to pass Equality Act
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) called Saturday night for the defeat of President Trump in Election 2020 and a change of Congress to enact long-sought after federal non-discrimination protections for LGBT people. Gillibrand, a possible Democratic [...]
2018: These Two Anti-LGBTQ Republicans May Run for Senate
Shakeups in the U.S. Senate led to news Tuesday that two prominent Republicans and former presidential candidates who have anti-LGBT records — Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann — may run in 2018. Following passage of [...]