Candace Gingrich-Jones
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| Candace Gingrich-Jones | |
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| Born | June 2, 1966 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | LGBT rights activist |
| Religion | Humanism |
Candace Gingrich-Jones (born June 2, 1966) is an American LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. She is the half-sister of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who is more than 20 years her senior. (She pronounces her name "Gingrick").[2]
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[edit] Professional work
She 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 Ms. magazine's "Women of the Year." She is currently the Human Rights Campaign's Youth & Campus Outreach Senior Manager. She is the author of an autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir.
On April 9, 2011 she received the LGBT Humanist Pride Award from the American Humanist Association.
[edit] Public appearances
She has guest-starred on the television sitcom Friends, in which she officiated over a commitment ceremony for two recurring characters in the episode "The One With the Lesbian Wedding." She also appeared in Al Franken's TV program Lateline. Candace appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on December 7, 2011 to talk about her half-brother Newt Gingrich.
[edit] Personal life
She lives with her wife, Rebecca Gingrich-Jones, in Hyattsville, Maryland, where she plays rugby with the Washington Furies.[3]
[edit] Political positions
Gingrich has stated she will vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States in 2012, despite her half-brother running for the Republican nomination.[4]
[edit] See also
- A Union in Wait, a 2001 documentary film about same-sex marriage, directed by Ryan Butler
[edit] References
- ^ Bio on Candace Gingrich
- ^ Seelye, Katharine. Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out, New York Times, 03-06-1995. Retrieved on 04-11-2007.
- ^ Guy Adams (January 14, 2012). "Why Newt Gingrich's sister says vote Obama". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/why-newt-gingrichs-sister-says-vote-obama-6289583.html. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Shahid, Aliyah. Gingrich’s sister: I'm voting for Obama!, New York Daily News, 12-08-2011. Retrieved on 12-21-2011.
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