“I don’t want to run away from the only place that truly felt like home because it hasn’t gotten as perfect as I imagined it could be,” says Chasten Buttigieg. The author, speaker, advocate, and husband of U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg , is talking to me about Traverse City, Michigan. Last year, the Buttigieges bought a house in the town known for Sleeping Bear Dunes and cherry farms on Lake Michigan’s northeast corner, adding one more gay couple and a pair of adopted twins to the population of 15,702. In May of this year, Buttigieg released a young adult edition of his 2020 memoir I Have Something to Tell You . With an increase in book bans targeting LGBTQ+ authors and other marginalized communities, particularly those writing stories for queer youth, the age-appropriate adaptation offers a compelling case for unconditional love and the ramifications of when that support comes with strings attached. Chasten Buttigieg poses with his book, “I Have Somethi...
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