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'''Candace Gingrich''' (born June 2, 1966) is an American ] rights activist at the ]. They are the half-sibling of former ] ], who is more than 20 years their senior. They pronounce their name "Gingrick".<ref name="Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out">Seelye, Katharine. , ], March 6, 1995. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.</ref> '''Candace Gingrich''' (born June 2, 1966) is an American ] rights activist at the ]. She is the half-sibling of former ] ], who is more than 20 years their senior. She pronounces her name "Gingrick".<ref name="Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out">Seelye, Katharine. , ], March 6, 1995. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==

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Candace Gingrich
Candace Gingrich in 2008
Born (1966-06-02) June 2, 1966 (age 58)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLGBT rights activist

Candace Gingrich (born June 2, 1966) is an American LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. She is the half-sibling of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who is more than 20 years their senior. She pronounces her name "Gingrick".

Biography

Candace Gingrich was born to Robert and Kathleen (Daugherty) Gingrich on June 2, 1966. Candace attended high school at Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989.

Professional work

Although Gingrich's sexual orientation was publicly reported on as early as 1994, they first gained significant press attention in 1995 as a spokesperson for gay rights. They served as the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project Spokesperson for 1995 and was 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. Their autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir, was released in 1996.

Public appearances

They have 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." They also appeared on the debut of Al Franken's TV program Lateline in 1998. Candace appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on December 7, 2011 to talk about their half-brother Newt Gingrich. On April 9, 2011, They received the LGBT Humanist Pride Award from the American Humanist Association.

Gingrich endorsed President Barack Obama in 2012, despite their half-brother's running for the Republican nomination.

Personal

As a "lesbian-identified genderqueer ," Candace uses they/them pronouns. They married playwright Rebecca Jones in 2009. The Gingrich-Joneses lived in Hyattsville, Maryland, where Candace played rugby with the Washington Furies. In 2013 it was reported the couple were divorcing.

See also

  • A Union in Wait, a 2001 documentary film about same-sex marriage, directed by Ryan Butler

References

  1. Taylor, Deb. "Bio on Candace Gingrich". www.debtaylor.com. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. Seelye, Katharine. Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out, New York Times, March 6, 1995. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.
  3. (25 September 2003). Kathleen Gingrich: Mother of former house speaker, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  4. (20 April 1996). Newt and Sister Agree to Disagree, York Daily Record ("The Central Dauphin East High School graduate is fighting to implement what ...")
  5. Foreman, Chris (12 October 2004). Candace Gingrich argues gay rights are about equality, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  6. (24 November 1994). Gingrich Opts for Gay Tolerance, Eugene Register Guard (Associated Press story)
  7. May, A.L. (6 March 1995). Gingrich's lesbian half-sister speaks, Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Cox News Service story)
  8. (7 March 1995). Gingrich: I don't mix family and politics, Reading Eagle (Associated Press story)
  9. Isikoff, Michael (12 March 1995). Gingrich: Newt's Gay Sister Gets Out Front, Newsweek
  10. Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (23 June 2005). A Conversation with Candice Gingrich, St Petersburg Times
  11. Harlan, Megan (13 September 1996). The Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir (review), Entertainment Weekly
  12. Stewart, Richard (21 January 1996). 'Friends' episode preempted due to lesbian wedding, Observer-Reporter (reprint of Houston Chronicle story)
  13. Shales, Tom (20 March 1998). Test run of 'lateline' sitcom attempts satire about media and politics, The Ledger
  14. Shahid, Aliyah. Gingrich’s sister: I'm voting for Obama!, New York Daily News, December 8, 2011. Retrieved on December 21, 2011.
  15. ^ "HRC's Candace Gingrich—Newt's Lesbian Genderqueer Sis—on the Hideous Trump Ticket". July 15, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  16. Campaign, Human Rights. "Candace Gingrich | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  17. Benac, Nancy (18 December 2011). Ex-speaker offers new Newt Gingrich for 2012, The Detroit News ("She says Gingrich and wife Callista sent wedding and shower gifts when she married Rebecca Jones in 2009")
  18. Guy Adams (January 14, 2012). "Why Newt Gingrich's sister says vote Obama". The Independent. UK. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  19. Abcarian, Robin (November 19, 2013). "Cheney sisters' gay-marriage fight: A Gingrich has some advice". Retrieved May 30, 2017 – via LA Times.

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