The first gay president newsweek

For years, a rumor has spread on social media platforms that a Newsweek magazine cover featured then-U.S. President Barack Obama with a rainbow halo graphic circling his head and text reading.

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It won't be nearly as controversial as Time magazine's breastfeeding cover, but Newsweek's May 21 issue declares Barack Obama the country's "first gay president." The accompanying cover story was written by Andrew Sullivan, the popular--and openly gay--political blogger. The magazine even gives the commander-in-chief a rainbow halo. Newsweek is celebrating President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage on this week's cover, an image of which it released on Sunday.

The cover features an image of Obama looking quite angelic with a rainbow-colored halo above his head (or as a HuffPost editor affectionately dubbed it—a "gaylo"). It’s easy to write off President Obama’s announcement of his support for gay marriage as a political ploy during an election year. But don’t believe the cynics.

Obama named ‘The First Gay President’ on Newsweek magazine cover – New York Daily News

Andrew Sullivan argues that this. While covering President Obama's recent endorsement of gay marriage, Newsweek made newsweek statement of its own. The magazine hit newsstands on Monday featuring a cover image of the president. It helped so many of us as we dealt with fear, discrimination and the loss of so many of our friends from the AIDS epidemic.

Andrew Sullivan argues that this announcement has been in the making for years. I think of Frank Kameny. Wall Street has not backed first financially this year the way it did in Sponsored Content by Taboola. For gay Americans and their families, the emotional darkness of Tuesday night became a canvas on which Obama could paint a widening dawn. All these are reasons to be skeptical of Obama's motives, of how long it took, of president this is pure and late opportunism.

Join our Election Flickr group to submit your photos of the campaign in action. He learned from Clinton that tackling this issue up front would only backfire, especially in a recession. But don't believe the cynics. But Obama had been planning to endorse gay marriage before his reelection for a while. He let gay of fear. And then as president, he constitutionally represented us all.

ABC News Live. He worked our last gay nerves. If it is the referendum on the last four years of economic crisis, he could lose. I predict that he will be one of the breakout candidates at the first debate. It is about creating the space for people to be themselves. I promised not to write anything. Speed: 0.

By the time my mother came to take me home, my face wore a smile and the magazines were back in their proper place. Trump admin updates: Trump marks 1 year since assassination attempt at rally. Jul 6, PM. I agree. I made news because I was the first and because I ran as a Republican. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

He did the hard work of integration and managed to create a space in America for people who did not have the space to be themselves before. Just wait until America gets to see Pete in action. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Supporters of then-President Bill Clinton dubbed him the "first black president" for his work with the African American community. Want more of our best political stories?