Pete Buttigieg fed up with LGBT media's criticism of his homosexuality

She is not very pretty and she is a VERY dangerous CIA/usury banker stooge.

You know how bitchy fags can be.

Maybe Pete is sapiosexual. And he ain't got time for this.

He's completely right. A lot of us are narcissists (or perhaps we're just starved for representation?) and want to see ourselves personally mirrored in gay celebrities and politicians. You're either too flaming or too "straight-acting", too into Drag Race or too clueless about Drag Race. You can never win, whatever you do.

Personally, I'd wear it as a badge of honour if some clueless WeHo whore wrote a hit piece that I'm not gay enough.

Petes' going all the way!

How will the ugly partner redecorate the Oval Office?

Beto is commng on strong! Kamala is the answer! Oh, an Bernie is a shoe in.

God , stupid makes me tired.

Frankly, I don't blame him. Some of these navel-gazing articles which endlessly pontificate about what is or isn't gay enough are just a tiresome waste of time. Op-Eds have reached a sort of peak Dark Ages.

I'm glad he's said this - he's absolutely right.

[quote]“I just am what I am,

It would benefit him not to speak in Showtunes.

He's spot on. It's a tiresome and exhausting competition sometimes who can be the gayest, the best gay, the "right" sort of gay. I can completely relate to his statement.

R5 It's shoo-in, FYI.

He’s white and not a tranny so the Left hates him. Being white is the worst thing in the world according to the Left. Well, that and being a Jew.

Didn't President Obama have the same problem, some said he was acting too white, some said he was acting too black. Hillary was too shrill, Elizabeth Warren to too Professorly, Beto waves his arms too much, Bernie shouts. If you are going to run for President you can't be so thin skinned. The other day someone started a thread about Mayor Pete because he worn brown shoes with blue slacks. It come with the territory, if Mayor Pete were to win it would only get worse.

I don’t blame him. Some LGBT people have been real unsupportive assholes for whatever reason and I would just think “whatever” at this point too.

Democrats are going to look back on this primary years from now as a missed opportunity. Nominating Pete would have been the game changer of all game changers. But they can’t see it because he doesn’t have a vagina, doesn’t hiss, and is a little too white. I would rather lose with Pete at the top of the ticket, than the Twitter Democrats preferred unelectable candidate dujour.

The LGBT Community has become so splintered and Far Left PC that they are attacking and eating up their own kind. If even a level headed guy like Mayor Pete is fed up with the situation then you know how bad things have gotten.

Like many DLers, Pete is generalizing "the LGBT media" when the fault specifically is the SJW POC Trans-cult media, specifically The Advocate, Them, and asshole Dale Peck's heinous little screed in The New Republic.

Dozens of U.S. gay newspapers have good reputations, yet Pete refuses to do interviews because some fat black gender-fluid green-haired Tumblr cunt on Them said he wasn't queer enough.

5% Pete will not get far that way.

R14 Exactly. Several dumb lesbians won’t support him because he doesn’t have a cunt, several gay men won’t support him because he doesn’t discuss LGBT issues 24/7 (because they don’t understand that he also has to appeal to the other 90% of the population as well), and then there are minority gays bitching about him being white.

I would throw my hands up in the air and say fuck it too if I were him.

I am straight so I have no opinion of him good or bad. He is meh.

R18 You can have an opinion on him R18, even though you are straight. What a silly comment really. I'm not an American, yet live here, and have formed an opinion of him (intelligent, brave, pragmatic "good (gay) guy.

He's doing the right thing. The LGBT media and all the Twitter morons are exhausting. He's just a dorky guy who happens to be gay (like so many of us), but they hate those types of gay men.

R20, "the LGBT media" ...Can you cite specific examples?

No, because you're nodding your head like a "moron," and you haven't read an actual news story published by an actual gay-owned newspaper in years, if ever.

r21 see r16. And get off your cross, we need the wood.

The Evangelicals aren't going to vote for him because he quotes the Bible at them. Just who is Pete's support base? Rich, white gay men?

I like Pete.

for r8: Allan Carr gave us an autographed album of the show for us and our husband at the time/

I'll vote Dem if Pete's the nominee. Otherwise I'll vote Amash if he's on the Libertarian line. I sent Pete money. It's just the gay thing.

R20/R22, you fucking moron, I am R21 and R16. Your asinine cliché-spewing also shows how stinkingly dumb you are.

R20/R22, you're incredibly stupid and can't find any specific example of "dumb LGBT media" because you can barely read.

I know, Mary!, but as Martin Luther King said, Judge a man, not by the color of his skin (or in Pete's case, his sexuality) , but by the content of his character. To me, Pete's has shown that, judging by his character, he is man I would trust and be proud to call POTUS.

"If you are going to run for President you can't be so thin skinned."

Evidently you are not familiar with the current POTUS.

He's right. It's too bad that being recently gay is his only platform.

Some of the antipathy is surely the resentment many gay men feel, at the perceived ease at a late coming out . I don't understand why he is shocked. And now he is celebrated by some people for something every gay man does: coming out.

Some gay men choose not to hide, and it is those gay men who bear the brunt of the myriad manifestations of homophobia.

[quote] And now he is celebrated by some people for something every gay man does: coming out.

Except gay Republicans. We prefer to live in closets unless forced out, and actively do damage to gay rights in the process.

[quote] That’s why I can’t even read the LGBT media anymore because it’s all, ‘he's too gay, not gay enough, wrong kind of gay,'” the South Bend, Ind., mayor said.

Right, Pete. We've heard it a thousand times before. The media is all Fake News.

Ugh. I'm sick of the thin-skinned asshole we now have blaming the media. I'm not interested in electing another one. During a political campaign, we evaluate the candidate. That's what campaigns are for. Deal with it, Mr. Buttigieg.

r27 you wrote:

[quote]the SJW POC Trans-cult media, specifically The Advocate, Them, and asshole Dale Peck's heinous little screed in The New Republic.

That's what I was referring to, you unhinged moron. You can also put OUT and Queerty in there too. JFC, calm down.

he’s not Trans or POC enough. Pass

He's not man enough. That's the truth.

He served in Afghanistan for our military. That's pretty damn brave. Certainly much braver than mealy-mouthed trolls on an anonymous website.

R16 - R34 etc, merely quoting me because s/he's such a smug little dumb cunt who can't read or remember the name of any LGBT publication, good or bad, without someone else mentioning them.

You're the Dem version of a dumbass Trumpian.

JFC, STFU, LOL!

R19. I am not a fan of his. He is not my first, second or third choice. I will never vote for him. I don't care either way.

He’s not wrong. Gay men are the worst.

Can someone explain how the reaction of the "LGBT media" differs from the reaction of Datalounge.

Because I keep seeing the same ridiculous crap on here too.

Of course you wouldn't, you straight asshole on a gay site R39

R39 Well, at least you grabbed your balls and spoke your mind. (we wouldn't expect any less of you, as straight blokes don't seem shy doing both things!) I'm just a bit curious as to why you seem ambivalent about this election in general, or the candidates. What do you enjoy most coming to a gay forum?

Gays run the gamut. Take your pick. BTW, do any of you know all gays? Leave him alone. He's very smart and should be vice.

[quote]During a political campaign, we evaluate the candidate. That's what campaigns are for. Deal with it, Mr. Buttigieg.

Evaluate his policies based on the other candidates and decide his worth and fitness for office that way. Not whether or not he can name the last six winners of RuPaul's Drag Race and every other word out of his mouth is gurl.

Why can't Ru Paul get elected president?

R41 To be fair, you're being a bit hypocritical here, as I've read many posts of yours putting those down, whom you deem "less than" here. I really thought you were rather likeable before I read many of those. Specifically, they're always of a classist POV, putting down those who may have sprung from less advantaged backgrounds, and various simple and honest Americans not living in coastal cities. By your very words here, you seem to hold many gays in disdain yourself, when you feel they're beneath you in sophistication, or worldliness. Sorry, as I don't really wish to spar with you, but it must be said; your post is a bit disingenuous.

He has a lot of nerve criticizing the “gay media” and being frustrated. He’s been out of the closet for like two years and really has a nerve.

It also smacks of dog whistling to his hoped-for straight religious voters so he can let them know that he’s not one of “those” gays.

Who really cares what you think Pious Pete?

Yeah, he really has A nerve, all right, Oleg.

[quote]He’s been out of the closet for like two years and really has a nerve.

What the fuck does that even mean?

Girl Mary, let me tell you. Pete has really A nerve being not an Out and Proud Gay Mary. I think is joke his campaign.

When you pander to the enbies and genderqueer crowd Pete, they’re going to play these absurdist purity games and Oppression Olympics— that you’re too white, too cis, too male. Best to just not bother with them.

The media gays on Twitter have turned against him.

Ryan Murphy is lucky his fundraiser for him never happened.

I really love the idea of a gay candidate but I just never felt like he was the right one.

What really bothers me is that he doesn't think he needs the gay media to get elected, which just hearkens back to him telling that woman at a rally that he didn't need her vote. No Pete, you need as many votes as you can possibly get and you can't just bash and entire group of magazines just because they don't print what you want. That's not smart at all. Just ignore them. Don't be so thin skinned!

How does one tell? Is it the arched eyebrow?

[quote]Why can't Ru Paul get elected president?

He'd do a hell of a lot better in the polls and debates than Pete ButtHowdy.

What I gather from this is that Pete never read gay media before they started writing about him. I think he's right not to worry about it, but it's a pretty big red flag that he seems surprised by it -- like the gay media is supposed to be a glory hole he can just stick his dick in and get off. (It's more like a mid-30s queen at a bathhouse.)

Sounds like you're one of the gay media who have turned against him, R53. You're flat out lying when you said that he told a woman that he doesn't need her vote. He went back to South Bend to deal with the fallout of the police shooting (which he didn't cause). He came into the lion's den where people were protesting and decided to yell at him non-stop. He told a woman who was just yelling at him that he's not asking for her vote, he just wants hear her (and others) out. That isn't the same as saying "I don't need your vote." So fuck off.

Nothing about PB reads as "thin-skinned". Him pushing back on the idea that he's 'not gay enough' is the right thing to do. Most of us don't live our lives as gay stereotypes or caricatures and this just helps remind outlets and the more vocal in our community of that fact.

Gossip columns like DL have only furthered the strident isolationist perspectives of the SJW/Tumblr/ahole/trans etc. mafia who've invaded "gay media."

Reputable papers like the Washington Blade, Windy City Times, Bay Area Reporter, Dallas Voice, etc., have trans, queer and POC writers, but don't let them dominate editorial stance and coverage. Pete is dismissing objective newspapers when he lumps them in with the extreme cult-of-personality-style rags and websites like Them, etc.

I get where he's coming from. Many, many of us are just regular dudes who are not walking, talking stereotypes. We're not terribly fashionable, and we're kind of nerdy. The depictions of gay men you see in the media do not really represent this demographic of gay men, but we're everywhere. The resentment Pete feels is justifiable.

[quote]Many, many of us are just regular dudes who are not walking, talking stereotypes. We're not terribly fashionable, and we're kind of nerdy. The depictions of gay men you see in the media do not really represent this demographic of gay men,

Says the poster who is on all the Judy, Barbra and Liza threads. Praising Jackie Kennedy's beauty, decorum and style too!!! You're not a stereotype at all, R60. LOL

[quote]Jackie was like a goddess from Mount Olympus. She was sensational after so many years of older matronly First Ladies.

That's a Buttigieg supporter for ya.

To be fair to the guy, nobody wanted to see Eleanor Roosevelt nakkid.

[quote] He’s white and not a tranny so the Left hates him.

You are so fucking tiresome.

Buttigieg dismissing the gay press now is not much different than Buttigieg distancing himself from the gay community for most of his adult life. He really doesn't want to be a part of any of this. He would really rather not. Being gay has been a huge inconvenience for him. I cannot suppose he feels he has anything at all in common with many of us, in all our wonderful diversity.

He only acknowledges that he's stuck with it and, by extension, stuck with us. I suppose he cringes with embarrassment at about half of what he reads in magazine like The Advocate. Data Lounge would curl his hair.

[quote] Being gay has been a huge inconvenience for him.

Armchair psycho-analysis. Worth every penny we paid for it.

Pete's right.

They'll try to pigeonhole him as a gay candidate, naturally. They'll come to realize he's not running on identity politics.

He's a superb candidate. I wish him well.

Is anything more exhausting that people like R65 who were pulled from their mother's rancid cooter sreeching showtunes and yelling gurl this and gurl that who think that every gay man is supposed to be the same way. Get a grip.

r61 I'm not a finger-snapping fabulous queen. Most of us aren't

r65 is the queen of projection.

[Quote] Jackie was like a goddess from Mount Olympus. She was sensational after so many years of older matronly First Ladies.

Chasten will be more fabulous than Jackie. Give the boy a chance. Vote for Pete!

He played it pretty well, not trying to pander. Of course the knives will be out now.

[quote]Mayor @petebuttigieg tells @AM2DM that he was having a "grumpy moment" when he criticized LGBTQ media and said his frustration was about coverage that "seems to tell people how to be gay"

Loved seeing Chasten shutting down the gay police during Pete's Twitter Q&A today.

The gay community has no need to apologize for having standards for gay politicians.

Heh, he got SPANKED, honey.

[quote]Hi, Chasten. I'm sorry—full retraction. Stupid to call out anybody for their music. I love a huge range, much quite questionable, and my affections have nothing to do with race, geography, orientation. The heart just knows. I also think Pete is doing AMAZING job. Best 2U both.

Haha, backpedal lil Pete.

r75 And what standards would those be? A Rhodes scholar Afghanistan veteran who speaks several languages doesn't cut it for you? 🙄

r77 It's not backpedaling, it's called being gracious and having the self-awareness to admit you might have come across as too harsh now and then.

Why is he even responding to these freaks? It demeans him to pay them attention. They're not going to vote for him anyway because he's not a freak like them.

You just can't be a regular gay dude in khakis and a polo shirt anymore. It's too boring. You need to be genderqueer with a feather boa and Clockwork Orange makeup.

r80 Because he still needs to pick up some delegates in California, which affords them on a proportional basis.

r81 Yes, we normie gays are passé. In the words of the WeHo gay police, "we've had our queerness sucked out of us by the mainstream society." 😂

If Northeastern politicians can dress like cowboys in Texas and farmers in Iowa, then yes, a politician, especially a gay one, can dress the part when appropriate.

When was he dressed inappropriately?

Buttigieg's Complicated Relationship With LGBTQ Media Is Relatable

Trans writer coming to his defence.

Trans op/ed translated from transese:

"I, I, I, me, I watched, I get, I, I, I, I don't read gay media either, I, me, my.."

She's like that stuttering angel in 'Angels in America.'

Has Pete ever worked for a living, like in a real job NOT on the public payroll?

Being a Mayor is a real job, dickwad.

r87 That information can easily be found online. He worked as a consultant for McKinsey for two years or so. A gig he left to run for a shittier-paying mayoral job, and then took an unpaid leave to serve in the military. More than you have done, I presume.

And you say "public payroll" like all federal, state, and municipal employees/contractors - from garbage collectors to librarians - are leeches, sucking on your personal teat. Eight years of being a mayor obviously hasn't paid that well, since he's still paying off his student debt, even though he has no children.

This thread shows why mayor Pete will never be president.

Like myself, Mayor Pete is Post Gay

Perhaps in your world Mary r88 but a 'career' on the public payroll does not come under most working people's idea of a real job.

Can all the gays just hold hands and sing Kumbaya? This will bring world peace.

R82 Well said!

Can't you just be a nerdy guy in preppy clothes who isn't "fabulous" and who just happens to fuck other guys? What's wrong with that?