Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, said on Saturday that he and his husband, Chasten, were now the parents of two children, making him the first openly gay cabinet secretary to become a parent while serving. “We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family,” Mr.
Buttigieg, 39, said in a statement on social media, sharing a photograph of his daughter and son for the first time since announcing last month that they would become parents.
In the image, the couple, seated on a hospital bed, are smiling as they each cradle a newborn. The Buttigieges did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment.