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Chasten Buttigieg in Conversation with Kal Penn: I Have Something to Tell You

Chasten Buttigieg and Kal Penn

Chasten Buttigieg emerged on the national stage travelling cross-country in support of his husband former mayor Pete Buttigieg’s groundbreaking presidential campaign.

He had to overcome a multitude of obstacles to get there. He reveals them in his honest and uplifitng new memoir I Have Something To Tell You including his journey to finding acceptance as a gay man, his upbringing in rural Michigan where he knew and felt different from his father and brothers, his coming out, how he healed from revealing his secret to his family, friends, community, and later the world and how he met and later married his boyfriend Pete Buttigieg, who would eventually become a major Democratic leader.

Americans were heartened by his charisma, empathy, and infectious positivity and now Chasten has something he wants to tell all of you about his experience of growing up in America and embracing his true self.

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Chasten Buttigieg

Perhaps the most visible political campaign spouse in the last decade, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg has built a name of his own as an advocate …

Chasten Buttigieg

Perhaps the most visible political campaign spouse in the last decade, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg has built a name of his own as an advocate for teachers, inclusion, and the arts. Born and raised in Traverse City, Michigan, he received his bachelor’s degree in theater and global studies from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and his master’s in education from DePaul University.

Chasten most recently worked as a middle-school drama and humanities teacher before joining husband Pete on the 2020 Presidential campaign trail. In our country’s biggest cities and smallest towns, Chasten currently lives in South Bend, Indiana, with Peter and their two rescue dogs.

Kal Penn

Kal Penn is an actor, writer, producer, and former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement …

Kal Penn

Kal Penn is an actor, writer, producer, and former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. He is known for starring roles including the Harold and Kumar franchise, House, Designated Survivor, Sunnyside, and most recently the patriotic comedy series Kal Penn Approves This Message currently airing on Freeform and Hulu. Penn’s other credits include roles on Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, 24, and Law & Order: SVU. He has appeared in a number of independent films, most notably Mira Nair’s adaptation of Pulitzer-winner Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake, about which The New York Times called his lead role a "crackling, star-making performance."

From 2009 to 2011, Penn took a sabbatical from acting when he was appointed by President Obama to serve as an Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, where he focused primarily on outreach to young Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the arts community. He worked on issues as diverse as the Affordable Care Act, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, college affordability, countering violent extremism, and veterans benefits for service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan among others. Penn served as a national co-chair for President Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012, and later served on the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities, focusing on arts education in underperforming schools, and cultural diplomacy in Cuba and India.

Penn has taught courses on film and media at the University of Pennsylvania, and on politics and sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Originally from New Jersey, he received his BA in Sociology with a specialization in Theater, Film, and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a graduate certificate in International Security from Stanford University.

He has maintained careers in both entertainment and public service. After Kal Penn Approves This Message he can be seen in the CBS Drama, Clarice based on Silence of the Lambs.

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