# Mike Gabbard > [!info] Stub — expand later > Minimum-viable page created to support links from [[Science of Identity Foundation]] and [[Chris Butler]]. Mike Gabbard is a Hawaii state senator and the father of [[Tulsi Gabbard]]. A member of the [[Science of Identity Foundation]], he rose to public prominence in Hawaii in the 1990s and 2000s as a prominent anti-LGBT and anti-same-sex-marriage activist, founding advocacy organizations to that end. He ran for the U.S. House as a Republican in 2004 and lost, later moving to the Democratic Party and winning a state Senate seat. He is the principal family bridge connecting the Gabbards to [[Chris Butler]]'s organization. ## Related - [[Tulsi Gabbard]] — daughter - [[Science of Identity Foundation]] — member - [[Chris Butler]] — SIF founder/guru