According to Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the best way to combat anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is to be yourself, be open and be happy.
“I grew up listening to Tucker Carlson’s endless lines,” Chasten Buttigieg said Tuesday on the Daily Beast podcast. “New Anomaly” Ahead of the release of his new memoir, I Have Something to Tell You, an adaptation of his 2020 bestseller of the same name. “For years, I have felt what it is like to have my existence and my humanity questioned.”
Buttigieg added: “We don’t get it all. We certainly have bad days.” “But my existence, the fact that I exist, is a miracle because they didn’t push me back into the closet. It’s a protest.”
Buttigieg said of his critics, “I love that you’re so unhappy because I’m happy.” “I love being a father. I love this life. I love being alive. I’m glad I came out of the closet.”
Buttigieg added that it’s important for all LGBTQ people to live their lives openly and happily, saying, “Not just to show others that you can be LGBTQ, It’s also to show others that we’re not going anywhere,” he added.
Buttigieg’s memoir, rewritten for younger readers, was released on Tuesday. “This is the book I want to go back in time and hand it to a young Chasten,” he said in a speech. A recent interview with People.
Buttigieg’s story of growing up gay in a small Midwestern town debuts as books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes are targeted for removal from school libraries and classrooms across the country. bottom.
About half of the most frequently challenged books last year were targeted for containing LGBTQ content deemed “sexually explicit,” according to the report. American Library Association.
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