. >> i want to put it in perspective, walter jenkins, one of the closest aides to lyndon johnson, he was married, the father of six children, and this is a photograph of walter jenkins, who was forced out of the white house after he had a sexual liaison with another man at the ymca here in washington, d. c., and he was charged with a crime on morals charges. and i mention that from 1964 today where we are today to pete buttigieg, openly guy, running for the presidential nomination. as you look at that arc of history, what does that tell you? >> openly lgbt candidates began running for office in the united states before stonewall and weren't generally successful, but there began to be successes in the early 1970s. the first actually were in ann arbor, michigan, and city council members came out as gay and lesbian and then ran and won election. then there was a state senator elected, noble, and harvey milk winning election for the board of supervisors in san francisco. so successes in running for congress then shortly thereafter, a few governors by now. there are still, though, have be