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Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary Nicholas Wu and Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – Pete Buttigieg was confirmed as Transportation Secretary Tuesday as the first openly gay Cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the Senate.  Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a Democratic presidential candidate, received overwhelming bipartisan support with a 86-13 vote.  Following the vote, Buttigieg said he was "honored and...

Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay cabinet secretary confirmed by U.S. Senate Metro 2/2/2021 © Provided by Metro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on an 86-13 vote to head the U.S. Transportation Department, the first openly gay U.S. Cabinet secretary confirmed by lawmakers. Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, will oversee aviation, highways, vehicles, pipelines and transit, as well as efforts to ensure safe transportation in the face of the CO...

Live updates: Biden to sign orders on immigration; House impeachment managers to lay out case against Trump John Wagner © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post President Biden speaks and signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 20. President Biden plans Tuesday to sign executive orders “modernizing” the immigration system, including one that aims to identify and reunite hundreds of families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration. In advance of former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial scheduled in...

news Biden kicks off inclusive LGBT agenda © Getty Images Pro-LGBT Biden supporters in West Hollywood celebrate his victory last year President Joe Biden has had an energetic first few days in setting out his wide-ranging agenda on LGBT rights. Many advocates commended the decision to include pronoun choices in the White House contact form. The new president has also addressed workplace discrimination and transgender rights in the military. This focus on LGBT rights is being seen as a marked shift from the Trump administration. What has the White House done on pronouns? Only a matter of ...

5 of the most powerful LGBT politicians in the world: from Joe Biden’s cabinet pick Pete Buttigieg, to Germany’s Jens Spahn and the gay prime ministers of Serbia and Luxembourg Saul Lipchik Openly gay international politicians, from left: Ana Brnabić, Xavier Bettel, Jens Spahn, Pete Buttigieg, Grant Robertson. Photo: @anabrnabic, @xavier.bettel, @jensspahn, @pete.buttigieg, @grantrobertsonmp/Instagram Just a few decades ago it would have been all but inconceivable for a politician - or any official in a position of power - to publicly come out as gay or lesbian. Now, whi...