I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.

Three years ago, I sat down with Chaston Buttigieg and South Carolina to talk about his husband's

historic presidential run and his role in it.

Little did I know then that he was revealing what would appear six months later in his

memoir, I have something to tell you.

Today, Buttigieg is out with a young adult version of his memoir.

Sadly, his timing couldn't be more perfect, as LGBTQ people and works about their

lives come under attack in school board meetings and state legislatures across the country.

But Chaston isn't shying away from telling his story.

In this encore presentation of a conversation, first recorded for Washington Post Live on

May 10th, Chaston talks about why he rewrote his memoir for young adults, but he thinks

the far right is going after LGBTQ Americans and what he hopes for his two children, when

they are old enough to read, I have something to tell you.

I hope that the significance of the book actually fizzles with time, because I hope that we

raise our children in a country where they don't have to be afraid of being who they are,

where they don't have to fear running away from their family or losing, their loved ones

or their friends simply for existing and being who they are.

So Chaston, this isn't just an adaptation of your memoir for young adults.

This is a rewrite, why?

Yeah, I wanted to write the book I wish I would have had in middle school.

I wanted to write a book that I knew could help young people, their families and teachers

have conversations about what it is like to grow up being different in America, but also

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