First openly gay candidate for president

This report lays out a case and provides a menu of policy options for how the Quad can pursue a collective approach to Indo-Pacific maritime security, with a particular focus on regional deterrence and defence. Bruce Wolpe. As former mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg emerges as a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president following his strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, an issue in the background of his campaign is also moving onto centre stage: Can America elect its first openly gay president?

Can America elect a gay president?

He took a leave of absence to serve in Afghanistan in for a seven-month deployment and he earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his counterterrorism work. Buttigieg and husband Chasten, a teacher who he met on the dating app Hinge, married on June 16, at Episcopal Cathedral of St.

Buttigieg at times struggles to find the right balance. But in my way of coming at the world, the stronger an emotion is, the more private it is. Moss devotes significant time to Chasten, who became a star in his own right during the campaign. Chasten is shown in public and at campaign events, but also in private moments with Pete.