Candace Gingrich

Candace Gingrich (born June 2, 1966) is an American 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. She pronounces her name "Gingrick".

Biography

Candace Gingrich was born to Robert and Kathleen (Daugherty) Gingrich on June 2, 1966. She attended high school at Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989.

Professional work

Although Gingrich's sexual orientation was publicly reported on as early as 1994, she first gained significant press attention in 1995 as a spokesperson for gay rights. 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 "Women of the Year" for Ms. magazine. She is currently the Senior Manager of the Human Rights Campaign's Youth & Campus Outreach. Her autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir, was released in 1996.