Cooper said that he was four or five years old when he knew something was different, but Buttigieg described going through a “civil war” in his mind before he accepted that he was gay when he was in his 20s.
“I would like to believe everyone here is committed to ending that epidemic,” he said.Ĭooper, who also is openly gay, asked Buttigieg about when he knew what his sexual orientation was. The is the first openly gay candidate to run for the Democratic nomination referred to the protesters when he talked about violence against black trans women and the need to do something about it.
“There’s a long history in the gay, lesbian and transgender community of protest, and we applaud their protest.”īuttigieg had just taken the stage to roaring applause and a standing ovation. Some members of the audience began chanting, “Trans lives matter.”Ĭooper tried to cool things down. “It’s all right, it’s all right,” he said. There was a bit of a scuffle as the activists attempted to unfurl a trans flag and security tried to drag get them out of the venue. PT: CNN’s LGBTQ town hall on Thursday was interrupted briefly by a group of trans activists who chanted, “Trans people are dying,” and their protest quickly was addressed by moderator Anderson Cooper and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. O’Rourke later tweeted, “We will hold a town hall focused on trans women “No black trans woman has taken the mic tonight, no black trans man has taken the mic … that's how anti-blackness works. Blossom Brown, a black trans woman, interrupts a question to BetoO’Rourke at the CNN #LGBTQTownHall:
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