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Tammy Baldwin: “I came out when I was in college.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 05:45

But in any event I graduated and I returned home to Madison, Wisconsin and I had studied politics, political science, government while at Smith College. I knew I wanted to get involved in public service, but I came out when I was in college. and I thought to myself back then, wow, I might have to make a choice between pursuing the calling that I felt I had or living my life authentically and … (05:45–06:15)

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Asserts that Tammy Baldwin came out as LGBTQ during her college years.

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