Pete Buttigieg, American presidential candidate, gay, Christian, progressive

Pete Buttigieg : The popularity of the Democrat continues to climb and with it, the optimism of sexual minorities.

"LGBT history has changed today," says Bobby Beus, a 47-year-old volunteer. Forty people gathered Sunday, April 14 in a West Hollywood apartment cries, cries, laughs after these words of Pete Buttigieg pronounced on television: "I'm running for president" ("I'm running for president").

Still unknown a few weeks ago, the mayor of South Bend, a small town in Indiana, raises hopes in the LGBT + community in the United States: openly gay, young (37 years) and progressive. A sort of anti-Trump, which claims a need for renewal of political classes. The stirring candidate for the Democratic nomination occupies for the moment the third place in the voting intentions with 11% of the vote according to a poll conducted in Iowa, the first state to vote for the primaries. He is right behind former Vice President Joe Biden (76) - who is not yet an official candidate - and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (77).....