Candace Gingrich

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name = Candace Gingrich

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birth_date = June 2, 1966
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occupation = LGBT rights activist
nationality = American

Candace Gingrich (born June 2, 1966) is an LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. She is the half-sister of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who is more than 20 years her senior. [Seelye, Katharine. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=990CE6DB1E3BF935A35750C0A963958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Speaker's Sister Now Speaking Out] , New York Times, 03-06-1995. Retrieved on 04-11-2007.]

She served as the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project Spokesperson for 1995 and was named one of "Esquire"'s "Women We Love" and "Ms." magazine's "Women of the Year." She is currently the Human Rights Campaign's Youth & Campus Outreach Senior Manager and lives with her partner in Washington, D.C., where she plays rugby with the Washington Furies. Occasionally she returns home to Harrisburg to visit her favorite niece, Emily. She is the author of an autobiography, "Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir."

She has guest-starred on the television sitcom "Friends", in which she officiated over a commitment ceremony for two recurring characters in the episode "The One With the Lesbian Wedding." She also appeared in Al Franken's TV program "Lateline."

Other notable projects or interviews

*A Union In Wait

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