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American LGBT rights activist
Candace Gingrich
Candace Gingrich in 2008
Born (1966-06-02 ) June 2, 1966 (age 57) Nationality American Alma mater
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Occupation LGBT rights activist Spouses
Rebecca Jones
(
m. 2009;
sep. 2013)
Relatives
Newt Gingrich (half-brother)
Candace Gingrich (; born June 2, 1966) is an American
LGBT rights activist at the
Human Rights Campaign . Candace is the half-sibling
[1] of former
Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich .
[2]
Early life
Candace Gingrich was born to Robert and Kathleen (Daugherty) Gingrich
[3] on June 2, 1966. Gingrich attended high school at
Central Dauphin East High School in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ,
[4] and graduated from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989.
[5]
Activism
Although Gingrich's sexual orientation was publicly reported on as early as 1994,
[6] they first gained significant press attention in 1995 as a spokesperson for
gay rights .
[7]
[8]
[9] They served as the Human Rights Campaign's National
Coming Out Project Spokesperson for 1995 and were named one of
Esquire ' s "Women We Love" and "Women of the Year" for
Ms. magazine. They are currently the Senior Manager of the Human Rights Campaign's Youth & Campus Outreach, as well as the Human Rights Campaign's HRC University Internship Program coordinator.
[10] Their autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir , was released in 1996.
[11]
Public appearances
Gingrich has guest-starred on the television sitcom
Friends in January 1996, in which they officiated over a commitment ceremony for two recurring characters in the episode "
The One With the Lesbian Wedding ".
[12] They also appeared on the debut of
Al Franken 's TV program
Lateline in 1998.
[13]
Gingrich endorsed President
Barack Obama in 2012, despite Newt Gingrich's candidacy for the
Republican nomination.
[14]
Personal life
Gingrich married playwright Rebecca Jones in 2009.
[15] The Gingrich-Joneses lived in
Hyattsville, Maryland , where Gingrich played
rugby with the Washington Furies.
[16] The couple initiated their divorce in 2013.
[17]
[18] In 2017, Gingrich married
Kelly Cassidy , a member of the
Illinois House of Representatives .
[19]
Gingrich is
genderqueer and a
lesbian
[18] and goes by
they/them pronouns .
[20]
See also
Gingrich appears in
A Union in Wait , a 2001 documentary film about same-sex marriage.
References
^
"Blog: Candace Gingrich" .
Human Rights Campaign . Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
^ Seelye, Katharine.
Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out ,
The New York Times , March 6, 1995. Retrieved on February 29, 2020.
^ (September 25, 2003).
Kathleen Gingrich: Mother of former house speaker ,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
^ (April 20, 1996).
Newt and Sister Agree to Disagree ,
York Daily Record ("The Central Dauphin East High School graduate is fighting to implement what ...")
^ Foreman, Chris (October 12, 2004).
Candace Gingrich argues gay rights are about equality
Archived October 22, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine ,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
^ (November 24, 1994).
Gingrich Opts for Gay Tolerance , Eugene Register Guard (Associated Press story)
^ May, A.L. (March 6, 1995).
Gingrich's lesbian half-sister speaks ,
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Cox News Service story)
^ (March 7, 1995).
Gingrich: I don't mix family and politics ,
Reading Eagle (Associated Press story)
^
Isikoff, Michael (March 12, 1995).
Gingrich: Newt's Gay Sister Gets Out Front ,
Newsweek
^ Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (June 23, 2005).
A Conversation with Candice Gingrich ,
St Petersburg Times
^ Harlan, Megan (September 13, 1996).
The Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir (review) ,
Entertainment Weekly
^ Stewart, Richard (January 21, 1996).
'Friends' episode preempted due to lesbian wedding ,
Observer-Reporter (reprint of
Houston Chronicle story)
^
Shales, Tom (March 20, 1998).
Test run of 'lateline' sitcom attempts satire about media and politics ,
The Ledger
^ Shahid, Aliyah.
Gingrich’s sister: I'm voting for Obama! ,
New York Daily News , December 8, 2011. Retrieved on February 29, 2020.
^ Benac, Nancy (December 18, 2011).
Ex-speaker offers new Newt Gingrich for 2012
Archived September 4, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine ,
The Detroit News ("She says Gingrich and wife Callista sent wedding and shower gifts when she married Rebecca Jones in 2009")
^ Guy Adams (January 14, 2012).
"Why Newt Gingrich's sister says vote Obama" . The Independent . UK. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
^ Abcarian, Robin (November 19, 2013).
"Cheney sisters' gay-marriage fight: A Gingrich has some advice" . Retrieved May 30, 2017 – via LA Times.
^
a
b
"HRC's Candace Gingrich—Newt's Lesbian Genderqueer Sis—on the Hideous Trump Ticket" . July 15, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
^ Sfondeles, Tina (July 2, 2019).
"Kelly Cassidy — 'in the game' to win" . Chicago Sun-Times .
^ Houston, Henry (June 20, 2019).
"(Pride) In the Name of Love – Eugene Weekly" . Retrieved June 1, 2021 .
External links
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