Buffalo Law Review Volume 69 Number 2 Article 2 4-15-2021 Mayor Pete, Obergefell Gays, and White Male Privilege Russell K. Robinson University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview Part of the American Politics Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, and the Law and Gender Commons Recommended Citation Russell K. Robinson, Mayor Pete, Obergefell Gays, and White Male Privilege, 69 Buff. L. Rev. 295 (2021). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview/vol69/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buffalo Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Buffalo Law Review VOLUME 69 APRIL 2021 NUMBER 2 Mayor Pete, Obergefell Gays, and White Male Privilege RUSSELL K. ROBINSON† ABSTRACT ............................................................................. 296 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 296 I. CHALLENGING ANTI-GAY STEREOTYPES ........................ 303 II. IS PETE GAY ENOUGH? .................................................. 309 III. PETE AS A SYMBOL OF RESPECTABILITY POLITICS ......... 316 A. An Examination of Racialized Respectability Politics in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Marriage Equality Movements .....................................................................