Chrissy Gephardt

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Christine Leigh Gephardt is an American LGBT rights activist and former social worker who campaigned for her father Dick Gephardt during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. She is one of the first prominent LGBT relatives to promote a major political campaign in the United States.

Biography

Gephardt worked on her father's political campaigns as a child<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> in St. Louis, Missouri.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She later became a social worker<ref name=":0" /> after graduating from Northwestern University.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref> In her practice as a social worker, she helped abused and mentally ill women in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She married Marc Alan Leibole in 1997,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref> a man she later called "my best friend", according to the Los Angeles Times.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref> In the early 2000s, she attended Washington University, where she met Amy Loder.<ref name=":3" />

Gephardt came out to her family as a lesbian in April 2001.<ref name=":0" /> She had fallen in love with another woman, Loder, while in graduate school<ref name=":2" /> at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.<ref name="DS2" group="June 30, 2003">Template:Cite news</ref> She first came to public attention when NBC announced that she was gay. She had been married to Marc Alan Leibole<ref name=":6" /> for three years before she fell in love with a woman, and came out to her husband and to her father. She was subsequently featured on the cover of The Advocate.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2003, Gephardt quit her job as a social worker to campaign for her father full-time.<ref name=":2" /> According to the Knight Ridder Tribune, Gephardt is the first prominent LGBT relative to promote a major political campaign in the United States.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> Out magazine called her inclusion "a sea change in presidential campaigns: Not only are gay family members no longer considered a potential liability (see Mary Cheney), we are in fact a coveted constituency worth fighting for."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2004, she helped start up chapters of the Stonewall Democrats in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She is an activist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gephardt was raised in a Catholic household.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She identifies as a Christian.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>

Appearances

She appeared on the Showtime reality show American Candidate in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gephardt said that the "show is giving me opportunities to express myself. I wanted to inspire gays and lesbians, women and other minority groups, and basically everybody who gets left out of the process."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also appeared on the February 1, 2007 (episode #1030), episode of The Daily Show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is interviewed in the 2007 documentary For the Bible Tells Me So, along with her parents,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> where she describes her life and the encouragement she received from her parents after coming out.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The film's director, Daniel Karslake, wanted to feature the Gephardts because her "family really espouses the values of loving your children no matter what," according to Curve.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gephardt was also featured on a cover of Curve in 2007.<ref name=":4" />

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