Buttigieg’s ‘brother-in-law’: Campaign is lying about family rejecting my gay brother
The oh-so-carefully crafted image of heartland conservatism and normalcy of gay Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg now has a few chinks in it. Buttigieg’s “brother-in-law,” Rhyan Glezman, has accused the campaign of misrepresenting the truth about his brother Chasten’s upbringing for the sake of political gain. When the Washington Post published a fawning Style section article about Chasten Buttigieg earlier this month, it was meant to engender warm fuzzy feelings concerning the nation’s first openly gay presidential candidate and his “spouse.” Chasten was presented as having been raised in a poor family, hostile to his homosexuality. The Post told a familiar Horatio Alger tale of overcoming severe obstacles to rise to the sudden celebrity status he now enjoys – the sort of story that is familiar and irresistible to most Americans. “His story represents both an American archetype and a modern phenomenon,” declared the Post. But parts of it evide