Candace Gingrich is a lesbian, a lesbian and gay rights activist, and half-sister of potential 2008 presidential candidate and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.
She has guest-starred on the television sitcoms Ellen and Friends.
She received a B.A. from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 Furries.
She is the author of an autobiography, Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir.
