Peter Thiel's speech was an LGBTQ milestone, just **t the one we wanted
 

Peter Thiel's speech was an LGBTQ milestone, just **t the one we wanted
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Last night, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel made history as the first openly gay speaker in the history of the Republican National Convention.

His speech drew real applause, however hesitant or polite, and made big headlines across major media outlets and every social platform. Here was an openly gay man, advocating on behalf of a political party that has long refused to ack**wledge the existence of people like him. Peter Thiel's presence was, if **thing else, a cosmetic **d to gay humanity from the GOP.

Yet Thiel's speech wasn't used to advance the rights of the LGBTQ community, but to instead do what Republicans have long accused the Democrats of doing — to cynically exploit a person's identity in order to advance a regressive political agenda.* Read more...

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