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Pete Buttigieg
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and Afghanistan War veteran. He served as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was a consultant at the management consulting firm McKinsey from 2007 to 2010. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.
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05.02 - 18:12
US senate confirms first out LGBTQ+ cabinet member
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Former mayor Pete Buttigieg was confirmed as the US transportation secretary on January 2, making him the first ever out LGBTQ+ cabinet member confirmed to the presidential administration.
39-year-old Buttigieg, who identifies as gay, was confirmed by the senate with 86 votes in his favour and 13 against him. He vowed to make safety on public transport his top priority during his role as secretary, saying in a speech before the senate commerce: “Safety is the foundation of the department’s mission, and that takes on new meaning amid this pandemic.
We have to ensure all of our transportation systems – our aviation and public transits, our railways, our railways, roads, ports, our waterways, and pipelines – all of it is managed safely during.
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09.02 / 21:33
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Florida
Ron DeSantis just reminded everyone he’s a pile of homophobic garbage, in case anyone forgot
Florida’s pro-Nazi, anti-LGBTQ Gov. Ron DeSantis is currently being ripped to shreds on Twitter after he voiced his support for the archaic “Don’t Say Gay” bill that is gaining momentum in the Florida Legislature.The bill, which was introduced by state Republicans last month is on the agenda for next Tuesday’s meeting of Senate Education Committee, would make it illegal for teachers to talk about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida primary schools.“Schools need to be teaching kids to read, to write,” DeSantis told reporters this week.
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