Gay cabinet

In his opinion, debt and deficit reduction are central to bringing down consumer prices. Bessent spent his career in finance, working for macro investment billionaire George Soros and noted short seller Jim Chanos. While mainstream economists often criticise tariffs as inefficient, Bessent sees them as a strategic tool for advancing US foreign policy.

Scott Bessent: Trump's pick for treasury secretary is 1st openly gay to hold post

He is openly gay and married to lawyer John Freeman; they have two children together. Groups like GLAAD have not released statements about his nomination after celebrating Buttigieg's nomination four years earlier. This doesn't fit the gay left's narrative, so they're silent Kelley J.

Johnson has LGBT 'blind spot', says first openly gay cabinet minister

Skip to content. Johnson has LGBT 'blind spot', says first openly gay cabinet minister. Jessica Parker BBC political correspondent. Share Save. Lord Chris Smith talks about the language he witnessed in parliament in the s. Chris Smith's career. PA Media. Smith promotes British film at Cannes in I'm the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and I'm gay" Smith's unscripted announcement - which earned a standing ovation - was the first time a gay MP had chosen to come out Labour's Maureen Colquhoun - a pioneering feminist whose death at the age of 92 was announced earlier this month - had been open about her sexuality in the s, after the Daily Mail revealed she was in a relationship with another woman In , Smith was appointed culture secretary, with responsibility for the Millennium Dome, the creative industries and introducing free museum entry He later served as head of the Environment Agency, after stepping down as an MP in and entering the House of Lords.

Trump Nominee Is About to Make LGBTQ+ History. Progressives Aren't Cheering

Over time, the tale of the traitorous, gay spy became lore, especially among intelligence professionals, dramatized onstage and in film. Fears about gay Americans being susceptible to blackmail hardened significantly during the Cold War. This openness to the potential recruitment of gay people in intelligence work was ultimately cast aside as the Cold War inspired a second, more insidious, rationale for denying security clearances to gays: that subversive sexuality inclined one to subversive politics.