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Facebook co-founder scolds N.J. Gov. Chris Christie over gay marriage stance | VIDEO

Kaye Foley - ABC News
January 28th, 2013

(Editor's note: This was submitted to SDGLN by ABC News and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”)

How does Chris Hughes, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic and Facebook co-founder, feel about Mark Zuckerberg hosting a fundraiser for Republican Governor Chris Christie? Hughes joined ABC News in a web exclusive to discuss viewer questions from Facebook about Christie, his career successes, The New Republic, and his contributions to Facebook before the “This Week” roundtable on Sunday.

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VIDEO: Meet LGBT History Month icon Chris Hughes

SDGLN Staff
October 18th, 2012

(Editor's note: October is LGBT History Month, celebrated annually to recognize the notable achievements of LGBT people throughout time. Each day this month, Equality Forum will feature one LGBT icon who has made notable contributions to society and SDGLN will publish the story here in the Causes section.)

Chris Hughes is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Facebook. He is the publisher and editor in chief of The New Republic, a leading public policy magazine.

Facebook introduces same-sex icons for married, gay couples’ timelines

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
July 3rd, 2012

Facebook, the world’s largest online social network, has taken another step toward LGBT-inclusiveness, introducing same-sex icons for users to select from when adding marriage events to their profile’s timeline.

Previously, the marriages between gay couples were marked by the default “bride and groom” icon.

Chris Hughes, out gay Facebook co-founder and former Obama staffer, buys The New Republic

Chris Geidner - Metro Weekly
March 10th, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Chris Hughes, the out gay 28-year-old co-founder of Facebook who left the company to help create then Sen. Barack Obama's social media effort in his 2008 presidential campaign, has purchased a majority share of and has become the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, The New York Times reported and Hughes confirmed in a letter at The New Republic.

In his letter, he writes in part:

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