The Chris Barron Bio
Christopher R. Barron, is a co-founder of GOProud, the only national organization representing gay conservatives and their allies. Chris currently serves as the Chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors. Chris is also the President of CapSouth Consulting, LLC, a full service political consulting firm.
Chris has penned opinion pieces for a variety of leading political figures and members of Congress. These opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico, and other media outlets.
In addition to his work for a variety of clients, Chris has an extensive personal resume of media appearances. Chris has appeared on numerous national and local television channels, including MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, and ABC News Now. Chris has also appeared in numerous print mediums nationwide, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, the San Francisco Chronicle and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Chris also has appeared on a wide variety of national, regional and local radio outlets.
Prior to founding CapSouth Consulting, Chris served as the national Political Director for Log Cabin Republicans where he directed the organization’s federal lobbying efforts and media relations.
During his legal career, Chris served as a consultant to the litigation boutique firm of Watson & Renner, in Washington, DC. At Watson & Renner, Chris worked on a variety of legal issues, including a number of corporate governance and toxic tort issues. Previously, Chris was an associate at the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a member of the Business & Financial Institutions Litigation Group. Chris graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law with honors. At Wake Forest, Chris was a member of the Wake Forest Law Review, was the Wake Law Faculty Scholar, and received a variety of academic awards and honors. Chris lives in Washington, D.C. with his partner Shawn.
Chris, saw you on Red Eye and was impressed. I then watched you in some Youtube videos of your appearances on some “news” programs, and was even more impressed. I am a retired teacher and politically I lean libertarian. I am a married with children heterosexual, but I’ve spent my life defending LGBT people, and fighting bullyism in the classroom and stereotyping in general. I have always found it odd that there aren’t more gay conservatives. I truly believe that liberals, while giving gay issues lip service, are really promoting policies that are detrimental to gays. They really don’t want gays to have rights because that would mean they could no longer exploit the victimization of gays and continue to garner their support for their other misguided goals.
Chris:
Saw you on RedEye-I am a conservative and a fitness butt, and a lawyer-liked your take on things.