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BREAKING: Tonight, we are officially endorsing Mayor @PeteButtigieg’s campaign for President of the United States. Mayor Pete has the experience, record of service, and vision that is required to not only lead this nation – but also to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box.
.@VictoryFund, a political action committee whose sole aim is electing LGBTQ politicians to office, plans to endorse Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Friday in New York, the group's president and CEO tells CNN cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/…
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DANICA ROEM WINS! Defeats incumbent "Bigot Bob" to become only trans state legislator in nation! Tell her congrats: bit.ly/2j7VZNj
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"It has made me more compassionate, more understanding, more self-aware and more decent. My marriage to Chasten has made me a better man. And yes, Mr. Vice President, it has moved me closer to God." -@PeteButtigieg #ElectLGBTQ
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BREAKING: Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) makes history as the first transgender state legislator to win re-election.
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With @Chasten in view, @PeteButtigieg makes history as the first out LGBTQ cabinet nominee to receive a Senate confirmation hearing. As our country works to #BuildBackBetter, the LGBTQ community will have represenation at the highest levels of government — and that matters.
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.@RichMadaleno is used to breaking barriers. He was the first openly gay member of the MD Senate and helped make MD the first state to pass marriage equality by ballot. Now, Rich has brought #LGBTQ visibility to the next level by running this ad on @foxandfriends. #FirstKiss
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Mayor @PeteButtigieg: "This is a country that once changed its constitution so you couldn't drink and then changed it back because we changed our minds.
And you're telling me we can't reform our democracy in our time?" #DemDebate #EndCitizensUnited
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BREAKING: With 100% of precincts reporting, @PeteButtigieg is the winner of the Iowa Democratic Caucus. America is ready for the first openly gay president!
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History made! Vermont has elected its first openly transgender state legislator, our Spotlight Candidate @TaylorSmallVT.
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With her victory in today's election, @SarahEMcBride has become the nation's first openly transgender State Senator!
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“We are here because we are standing on the soldiers of giants. @PeteButtigieg and I are on this stage because of the black trans women who started this movement 50 years ago.” -@Chas10Buttigieg #VictoryForPete #stonewall
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Former Under Secretary of the U.S. Army @PatrickMurphyPA just endorsed @PeteButtigieg!
"Unlike @realDonaldTrump, who has torched our credibility and tarnished our values, Pete appreciates why the U.S. must work closely with our allies around the world."
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BREAKING: Democrats in Virginia have flipped both houses of the state legislature and all 5 openly LGBTQ state legislators in Virginia have been re-elected.
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.@billmaher: "Why are you suddenly rising in the polls?"
@PeteButtigieg: "People are looking for something completely different...It doesn't get more different from this president than a laid back, intellectual, young, gay mayor from the Midwest." #RealTime @HBO
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History made! Congratulations, @ShevrinJones, on becoming Florida's first out LGBTQ State Senator.
Brighter days are ahead 🌈😎
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Another historic win! Tyler Titus won his Erie School Board seat to become first openly trans person ever elected in PA! #ElectLGBTQ
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BREAKING: @MondaireJones won his NY primary and will likely become one of the first openly LGBTQ Black members of Congress! This is history made!
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We're...so tired.
Fox News host questions Pete Buttigieg’s sexuality: “Are we really sure he’s gay?” metroweekly.com/2020/01/fox-…
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BREAKING: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Equality Act, which enshrines protections for LGBTQ Americans into federal law! We applaud the LGBTQ members of the House for their dedication to this fight, and we urge the Senate to pass this critical bill immediately.
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Mayor @PeteButtigieg: "If you had offered me a pill to make me straight, I would have swallowed it before you had time to get me a sip of water. (1/5)
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"People often talk about things like marriage equality as a moral issue. And it is certainly a moral issue in my personal life. It’s a moral issue because being married to Chasten has made me a better human being." 4/
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HISTORY MADE: @RosemaryKetchum just won a seat on the Wheeling City Council and is now the first out trans person ever elected in West Virginia! She will be one of just 27 out trans elected officials in the entire nation.
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BREAKING: Florida has elected its first openly LGBTQ State Senator, our Spotlight Candidate @ShevrinJones. His voice will be critical in ensuring our community is represented in the halls of power.
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6 months ago, @DanaRohrabacher made national headlines for arguing that realtors should be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Now he’s out of a job.
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BREAKING: #Chicago mayoral candidate @LightfootForChi is the overwhelming winner tonight. She will become the highest-ranking LGBTQ mayor in American history and the only Black openly lesbian mayor serving anywhere in the nation. #ElectLGBTQ
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Oklahoma will have its first openly non-binary legislator as well its first Muslim legislator with the election of our candidate @MaureeTurnerOK. Congratulations!
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JUST IN: @JennyDurkan will become first openly lesbian mayor of Seattle! Currently only 1 other big city lesbian mayor in US. #ElectLGBTQ
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@Chas10Buttigieg: Because of those who came before of us, "I can be here today telling you that my husband is running for president of the United States."
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"The main reason it’s hard to think about is that if I had had that opportunity, I would never have found @Chas10Buttigieg. That the best thing in my life would not have happened at all. My marriage. The thing that I can’t even describe without lapsing into clichés." 2/
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IT'S OFFICIAL: @jenniferwebbfl will be the first LGBTQ woman to serve in the Florida State Legislature! #RainbowWave
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Our Spotlight Candidate @jessicalbenham won her general election yesterday! Jess is the first openly bi candidate, first queer woman and first openly autistic person elected to the Pennsylvania legislature. #Election2020
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"How dark, the thought that the man I admire and care about and can’t wait to share with the rest of the country and even more importantly to someday share in raising children… might not have been part of my life at all." 3/
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HISTORY MADE!
For the first time ever, an out trans man has been elected to a state legislature. Congrats, James!
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As NH voters head to the polls, @VictoryFund's Andre Adeyemi shares a personal story about when he worked with @PeteButtigieg in South Bend.
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We’re so proud of @RitchieTorres, our Game Changer Candidate, who will beome the first openly gay Afro-Latinx member of Congress.
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.@PeteButtigieg just took the stage in Miami, becoming the first LGBTQ person to participate in a presidential debate. Regardless of who you support for president, Pete is about to reach Americans from all walks of life and change hearts and minds along the way. #ElectLGBTQ
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The @PeteButtigieg Lifestyle:
-Be an honorable veteran.🇺🇸
-Love and care for your husband.👬
-Adopt the two best dogs in SB.🐶
-Respect your team.👔
-Change the story of your hometown for a generation.🌎✨ nitter.app/lgbtqnation/status/123…
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Did you know only 0.1% of all U.S. lawmakers are openly #LGBTQ?
@Chas10Buttigieg wants you to run.
@cmclymer wants you to run.
And America needs you to run. 🏳️🌈🗽
Pro-equality legislation isn’t going to write itself. SIGN UP to get started! ▶️ outtowin.org #OutToWin
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For the first time in history, an LGBTQ immigrant will serve in Congress. We're so proud to have supported @RobertGarcia in this historic election.
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What better way to spend a Sunday than with @Chas10Buttigieg and @LightfootForChi? chicagotribune.com/politics/…
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"The day I was born, the idea of an out candidate seeking any federal office at all was laughable. Yet earlier this year, I campaigned for the presidency, often with my husband chasten at my side, winning delegates to this very convention." @PeteButtigieg #DNC #VoicesOfVictory
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"[J]udged by who did best in delivering smart, distinct, candidacy-clarifying moments, this was clearly @PeteButtigieg's night." bit.ly/2MHdkI0
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The real question is who wants to kiss Rush Limbaugh
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Powerful. "As a military officer serving under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and as an elected official in the state of Indiana when Mike Pence was governor… I had to wonder whether just acknowledging who I was, was going to be the ultimate professional career setback." @PeteButtigieg
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“Biggest misconception is I’m not passionate.” @PeteButtigieg. We’ve spent much time with him. Definitely a misconception. #DemDebate
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This morning, @PeteButtigieg unveiled the Douglass Plan – a comprehensive platform to dismantle racist power structures and empower Black Americans across all areas of public life. Read the plan in full: bit.ly/douglassplan #VictoryForPete #ElectLGBTQ
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JANE CASTOR WINS! @JaneforTampa just beat a Trump-supporting billionaire to become the Mayor-elect of Tampa! This makes her the first openly LGBTQ person elected mayor of a top-100 city in the Southeast.
LEAVE A NOTE to tell her congrats! bit.ly/VictoryForJane 🌈🌊
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BIG NEWS: Dean Trantalis won his election tonight to become the first openly LGBTQ mayor of Fort Lauderdale and one of just a handful of LGBTQ mayors in the entire South. Congrats Dean! sun-sentinel.com/local/browa…
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Our Spotlight Candidate @micheleforfl just made history as the first Black queer woman to win a seat in the Florida legislature. Congratulations!
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BREAKING: @peteforamerica releases Pete’s plan for LGBTQ Americans, including a ban on conversion therapy, ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, a ban on surgery for intersex infants, requiring coverage for gender-affirming care & much more. Read the plan: peteforamerica.com/lgbtq/
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Congratulations @leighfinke!
Leigh makes history as the first trans candidate elected to the Minnesota legislature!
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Over 50 Mayors - including very own President & CEO @AnniseParker are proudly standing with @PeteButtigieg. Op-ed in @USATODAY:
usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
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Mayor @AnniseParker: "@PeteButtigieg is a surging presidential candidate, but the fact that he is openly LGBT is a gift to the community. This is an opportunity for all of America to see the reality of our lives." via @CBSNews #ElectLGBTQ 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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THIS IS HUGE: @PeteButtigieg and @Chas10Buttigieg grace the cover of @TIME Magazine, cementing this as a historic moment for #LGBTQ visibility in American politics. 🏳️🌈🇺🇸
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Representation matters.
‘If you have a problem with who I am, your problem is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator.’ — Mayor @PeteButtigieg shared his difficult journey to self-acceptance as an openly gay man running for president #ComingOutDay
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It’s official. Our Game Changer Candidate @MondaireJones will become the first Black openly gay member of Congress with his win in #NY17.
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Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity has always been illegal under the Civil Rights Act. We’re overjoyed that #SCOTUS has recognized our right to live lives free from fear of discrimination.
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Don't miss this must-read piece on @PeteButtigieg's candidacy via @scottbix. “Pete's not a ‘gay candidate for president’—he’s a candidate for president, and part of what he brings to the table is his life experience as a gay man.” -@AnniseParker 🌈🌊
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BREAKING: @RichMadaleno just released the first political ad in American history to feature a kiss between a candidate and a same-sex spouse. The piece aired on @foxandfriends in Maryland and Washington DC this morning. #TakeThatTrump #FirstKiss
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Congratulations, @davantelewis! With tonight's victory, Davante makes history as the first out LGBTQ person ever elected to state office in Louisiana and the first Black out LGBTQ person elected to any office in the state.
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In 2022, @malcolmkenyatta can make history as our first LGBTQ Black member of the U.S. Senate. He is an outspoken champion for the most vulnerable communities in Pennsylvania and his voice in the U.S. Senate would be transformational.
If @malcolmkenyatta becomes a U.S. senator, he’d be the first gay man as well as the first Black member of the LGBTQ+ community to win the office. advocate.com/politics/2021/2…
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#BlackHistoryMonth: Today we remember Marsha P. Johnson, who helped start the modern #LGBTQ rights movement. #BHM
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.@pwcdanica: "Down in Rowan County, Kentucky
We have @DErmold, he’s running against Kim Davis.
Kim Davis denied him a marriage license. So you know what his campaign’s gonna be based on? 'I can do constituent service better than she can.'"
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The latest polls show that @PeteButtigieg is the best candidate to take on Donald Trump in November. Together, let’s make history and #WinTheEra!
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With your help, @malcolmkenyatta can make history as the first out gay man elected to the U.S. Senate. lgbtqnation.com/2022/02/u-s-…
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BREAKING: Our Spotlight Candidate @SarahEMcBride has won her primary and will likely become the first out trans state senator in U.S. history come November! Congratulations!
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Congrats to newest LGBTQ members of the Pennsylvania State House!
We're so proud of the campaigns you've run, @latashaforpa and @Izzy4Lancaster.
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That this ad was even created speaks volumes. It aims to perpetuate a false and homophobia-laced narrative against a gay candidate just days before the election. The way to prevent these ugly campaign tactics is to ensure they backfire. Lets get @AlexBMorse elected on Tues.
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It's here.
The #PeteWave is here.
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.@AnniseParker and @Chas10Buttigieg celebrating Victory Fund’s endorsement for @PeteButtigieg for President! #ElectLGBTQ
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There has never been an openly LGBTQ State Senator in Georgia, and it shows by the bigoted bills they’ve passed. Our Spotlight Candidate Kim Jackson's win tonight changes that. Congratulations on your victory, @KimforGeorgia!
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.@PeteButtigieg discusses his vision for racial justice in the U.S.: "At what point will we be comfortable with race relations? What are the indicators? One would be if there's no such thing as a racial wealth gap, or if there were no such thing as a gap in life expectancy.." 1/3
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.@PeteButtigieg’s responses last night reminded us of Mayor @AnniseParker’s observations from his official launch in April: this is going to be a hope-driven campaign.
Congratulations on an excellent performance, Mayor Pete. #DemDebate #VictoryForPete
The energy in South Bend is electric. As we wait for @PeteButtigieg to take the stage, the crowd is dancing to Curtis Mayfield, embracing each other, laughing and sharing stories. From the bleachers, this much is already clear: Pete's is going to be a hope-driven campaign.
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#ImWithPete SOUND OFF: Tell us why @PeteButtigieg has your support in this historic election.
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Mayor @PeteButtigieg's opening statement: "I'm running for president because our country is running out of time. Ask yourself how someone like Donald Trump ever gets within a cheating distance of the Oval Office in the first place..." 1/2
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JUST IN: Arizona's @kyrstensinema won her primary and is now the first openly bisexual U.S. Senate nominee of a major American political party. She will face anti-LGBTQ opponent Martha McSally in November.
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For the first time in history, the campaign arm of the House Democrats will be chaired by an out LGBTQ leader.
Congratulations, @RepSeanMaloney!
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BIG NEWS: @coloradodems have called the race for @BriannaForHD27 citing mathematical probability. Brianna will join @pwcdanica, @GerriCannon, and @Lisa4Exeter as America's only out trans state legislators. Congratulations, Brianna! #RainbowWave
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"None of us have the experience - the lived experienced - of walking down the street or in a mall and feeling eyes on us because they think we're dangerous." - @PeteButtigieg #DemDebate (this is what listening and learning looks like)
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With the elections of @RitchieTorres and @MondaireJones, American voters have elected the largest and most diverse caucus of LGBTQ members of Congress in history. thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
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.@SecondLady Karen Pence, you work at a school that bars LGBTQ teachers in a country where employees can still be fired for their sexual orientation/gender identity in 26 states.
@PeteButtigieg did not attack your religion. He defended the marginalized.
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A Trump/Pence ticket is a disaster for the #LGBT community. Our statement: bit.ly/29VuWNS
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Mayor @PeteButtigieg is 85% of the way to meet the 65,000-donor threshold to appear on the main DNC debate stage in July. Let's help Mayor Pete seal the deal!
Donate $3, $10, or $50 today through @VictoryFund: bit.ly/mayorpete #ElectLGBTQ
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What if there are two husbands? Do they flip a coin?
What if there are no husbands? Do they take turns? One gets on-years, one gets off-years?
What if the husband is gender fluid, non-binary, or prefers different pronouns? Do they not vote?
Oh wait, is that the point?
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Congratulations, @KarlFrisch, on becoming the first openly LGBTQ member of the Fairfax County School Board!
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With your help, Malcolm Kenyatta will be the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
Join the movement ➡️ victoryfund.org/malcolm
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WOW! @PeteForAmerica is now 580,000 donors strong. 💪 nyti.ms/334DOKc
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BREAKING: We’re endorsing equality champion Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) in her race for Virginia State Senate in Virginia’s new 30th District! We need Danica’s voice in government now more than ever.
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