Pete Buttigieg and his husband have been dubbed the “First Family” on the cover of TIME Magazine

In class we have been discussing the connection between politics and the LGBTQ+ community, talking about the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy by the Obama administration and the dangers imposed by Donald Trump to the progress made by the Obama administration. In news for a more hopeful future than the present being posed by Trump, the Democratic 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigeig and his husband have been named the "First Family" on the cover of TIME Magazine. The image depicts Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, in front of a white picket-fenced home, wearing co-coordinating blue shirts and pants-- a message seeming to align with the conservative argument for gay marriage as allowing it would keep American ideals and tradition intact. Pete Buttigeig is a former member of the Navy Reserve and the current mayor of South Bend, Indiana-- a role he has held since 2012. The piece in TIME explored Buttigieg's rise to fame as well as his relationship with his husband, discussing the fact they met on an online dating app while Pete was serving as mayor. He "came out" while in office in 2015. The pair married in June 2018 and are the first same-sex couple posed together on the cover of TIME since an edition was published dedicated to equal marriage in 2013.