Candace Gingrich

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Candace Gingrich, (born June 2, 1966), is a lesbian & gay rights activist and half-sister of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, although he is over 20 years her senior and they have never known each other well.

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 Ms. magazine's "Women of the Year." She works for the Human Rights Campaign's voter mobilization project and lives in Washington, D.C., where she plays rugby with the Washington Furies.

She is the author of an autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir.

She has guest-starred on the television sitcoms Ellen and Friends.

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