'Mayor Pete' documentary gives viewers an up-close look at how Sec. Buttigieg navigated and cemented his legacy in LGBTQ history. - NBCOUT
In the new film, Pete Buttigieg recalls the challenges of embracing his sexuality “without it swallowing” his presidential campaign.
Buttigieg, 39, a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar and Afghanistan war veteran, stresses the difficulty he had in presenting his sexuality to a country that was largely unacquainted with openly LGBTQ politicians. "And if that war had been settled on the terms that I would have wished for when I was 15, or 20, or frankly even 25, I would not be standing here," Buttigieg said.
The film then pivots to an interview with Chasten where he says that his husband has"grown a lot" in terms of opening up and coping with"thousands of people putting their weight on you." “You’re going to tell every single gay kid in this country today that it gets better,” Chasten said shortly before Buttigieg addressed his supporters."It was people not connecting necessarily because he was a gay man, but because he could articulate why belonging mattered to him," Jesse Moss, the film's director, told NBC News."Beyond all of the specific policies proposals Pete had, that was a resonate, powerful message.
“School teachers all over America are telling their children: ‘Oh what a great example Mayor Pete is. You can grow up and be like him! Go ahead and experiment with your sexuality!’” another heckler told the film's producers, speaking to the camera. “They could become addicted to sexual perversion and then end up trapped in a lifestyle that could cost them their soul.
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