US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Tuesday that he and his husband, Chasten, have become parents.

Buttigieg and his husband, an author and former teacher, have been married since 2018. The couple put their South Bend, Indiana, home on the market earlier this year, and, according to The Washington Post, they now live in a one-bedroom apartment in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood with their dogs.

Buttigieg, who served as mayor of South Bend from 2012 to 2019, made history earlier this year as the first openly gay Cabinet member to be confirmed by the Senate. Last year, after narrowly winning the Iowa caucuses, he became the first gay presidential candidate to win a primary contest. At 39, Buttigieg is also the youngest person to lead the Department of Transportation.

For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.

Pete Buttigieg

HE IS MAD

Religion aside... Gay doesn't make any sense...

Congratulations to them but he's just a CWG benefiting from the system not to even talk about his racist policies when he was mayor in south bend. A republican with a skin of a democrat

Congratulations!

Congratulations to him and all gay parents out there ...

cc: Elton John

Disgusting!!

Ishilove:
Disgusting!!

Not really.

What if that's the only way he could find love and happiness in a relationship?

They're better off than some single straight people who can't get a committed partner or child.

How da hell will they explain themselves to their toddler as "father and father" instead of the normal "father and mother"

Fountainofyouth:
How da hell will they explain themselves to their toddler as "father and father" instead of the normal "father and mother"

There was this cartoon series I watched one time where one of characters had two fathers.
The character (a child) kept using the words my dads in his talkings. At first, I was like hmm?

Long story short, they’ve already conditioned the minds of children through those kinds of cartoons, without giving the children the chance to come of age and define their own normal.
I believe children should be left out of this whole confusion!