Buttigieg Fundraiser Disrupted by 'Queers Against Pete' Protesters

A Friday fundraiser in San Francisco for gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was disrupted by LGBTQ protesters.

The event at the National LGBTQ Center for the Arts -- where tickets started at $250 -- featured the Indiana mayor answering questions from the crowd. When Buttigieg was about to address a query about his husband, members of a group called Queers Against Pete stood up and began asking the candidate pointed, though mostly unintelligible, questions.

"I respect your activism, but this is a gathering for supporters of our campaign and I just got a question about my husband and I'm really excited to answer it," Buttigieg said from the stage.

The protesters were then quickly drowned out by chants of "Boot-Edge-Edge!" before being escorted out.

Following their removal, Buttigieg supporters outside the venue accused the protesters of being homophobic.

"We're all gay!" a protester responded, according to a report in The Guardian.

Queers Against Pete opposes Buttigieg because of his resistance to Medicare for All and free college tuition, as well as race record as mayor, which includes a fraught relationship with the Black community and the issue of policing. Members also believe his stances represent a white, upper-middle class sensibility that is not representative of the LGBTQ community.

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"We believe the LGBTQIA community deserves better than Pete," the group declares on its website.

"He just furthers white supremacy," Val, a Chicago-based community organizer and member of Queers Against Pete, recently told The Red Lettuce show, an online commentary program that covers current events from a queer vegan communist perspective. "It's like, you know, spewing out of him, kind of. It's gross." Watch below.