President Obama, who as recently as 2011 told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos when asked about supporting gay marriage, “I’m still working on it,” will make history yet again when he becomes the first president to appear on the cover of an LGBT magazine, “Out.”
The president’s “evolution” on gay rights has been less like a steady march and more like the flip-flop of a fish out of water, as he’s gone from declaring in 2004 that “marriage is between a man and a woman” to literally lighting the White House in rainbow hues after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. When you’re a Democrat, you can get away with that — right Hillary?
What do you think?
Obama is now the first president to pose for a gay magazine https://t.co/lQpNlMd0Fy pic.twitter.com/RSIAUfMFpm
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 10, 2015
@thedailybeast @britneyisland Pioneer!
— Larry Fitzgerald Sr. (@FitzBeatSr) November 10, 2015
@thedailybeast @FitzBeatSr Love it. I love my President!
— Twanna Anderson (@TwannaAnderson) November 10, 2015
@thedailybeast thank goodness it wasn't Honcho.
— ThisCharmingMan (@ChasingGlenn) November 10, 2015
@thedailybeast is there a centerfold?
— UrnAl Duce (@UrnAL_Duce) November 10, 2015
There might as well be. The president is apparently flawless and wouldn’t need any airbrushing at all.
President #BarackObama is our Ally of the Year and cover of the #Out100: https://t.co/h9GBgXcoOZ pic.twitter.com/89UZytobYP
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) November 10, 2015
EXCLUSIVE: @POTUS on #marriageequality: "I was proud to say that love is love." https://t.co/h9GBgXcoOZ #Out100 pic.twitter.com/YcmFZ5QaT9
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) November 10, 2015
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An Iconic Moment: How the @WhiteHouse showed its #pride after the historic #SCOTUS ruling https://t.co/YMoWZibufx pic.twitter.com/D40IEJEI9f
— Out Magazine (@outmagazine) November 10, 2015
Out’s editor, Aaron Hicklin, begins his note on meeting the president for his photo shoot with — no joke — a dream sequence.
President Obama and I had a marvelous day, walking in a park, laughing, and generally enjoying one another’s company. At one point he shot a few hoops with this hipster kid from Williamsburg; at another I found myself in a church while he muttered a prayer over my head. That was strange, as I’m not remotely religious, but I felt blessed nonetheless. Who wouldn’t?
We wouldn’t feel blessed, but we would appreciate if the same president who called to personally congratulate the NBA’s Jason Collins on coming out as gay and tell him how he was “impressed by his courage” would make a few more calls to several brave families he’s neglected.
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