Gee W. Bh's Fotten Gay-Rights History - The Atlantic</tle><meta name="scriptn" ntent="He fied his party by endorsg civil unns 2004. (But that same year, he backed a nstutnal amendment forbiddg same-sex marriage.)"/><meta property="kx:tle" ntent="Gee W. Bh's Fotten Gay-Rights History - The Atlantic"/><meta property="kx:scriptn" ntent="He fied his party by endorsg civil unns 2004. (But that same year, he backed a nstutnal amendment forbiddg same-sex marriage.)"/><lk rel="nonil" href="><lk rel="image_src" href="><meta name="thor" ntent="Garance Franke-Ruta"/><lk rel="ia:markup_url" href="><meta property="article:publisher" ntent="><meta property="article:opn" ntent="false"/><meta property="article:ntent_tier" ntent="metered"/><meta property="article:tag" ntent="polics"/><meta property="article:sectn" ntent="Polics"/><meta property="article:published_time" ntent="2013-07-08T16:07:30Z"/><meta property="article:modified_time" ntent="2013-07-08T19:20:08Z"/><meta name="robots" ntent="x, follow, max-image-preview:large"/><meta property="og:tle" ntent="Gee W. Bh's Fotten Gay-Rights History"/><meta property="og:scriptn" ntent="He fied his party by endorsg civil unns 2004. (But that same year, he backed a nstutnal amendment forbiddg same-sex marriage.)"/><meta property="og:url" ntent="><meta property="og:type" ntent="article"/><meta property="og:image"/><meta property="twter:rd" ntent="summary_large_image"/><lk rel="alternate" type="applitn/rss+xml" tle="The Atlantic" href="/feed/all/"/><lk rel="alternate" type="applitn/rss+xml" tle="Bt of The Atlantic" href="/feed/bt-of/"/><meta name="referrer" ntent="unsafe-url"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-pable" ntent="y"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-stat-bar-style" ntent="black"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-tle" ntent="The Atlantic"/><meta name="keywords" ntent="civil unns, Bh, Gee W. Bh, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, nstutnal amendment, ABC News, socially nservative voters" emID="#keywords"/><meta name="news_keywords" ntent="civil unns, Bh, Gee W. Bh, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, nstutnal amendment, ABC News, socially nservative voters"/><meta name="" ntent="polics"/><meta name="" ntent="Garance Franke-Ruta"/><meta name="" ntent="2013-07-08T16:07:30Z"/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><script type="applitn/ld+json">{"@ntext":","@type":"NewsArticle","headle":"Gee W. Bh's Fotten Gay-Rights History","alternativeHeadle":"Gee W. Bh's Fotten Gay-Rights History","scriptn":"He fied his party by endorsg civil unns 2004. (But that same year, he backed a nstutnal amendment forbiddg same-sex marriage.)","url":","datePublished":"2013-07-08T16:07:30Z","dateModified":"2013-07-08T19:20:08Z","isAccsibleForFree":false,"hasPart":{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccsibleForFree":false,"cssSelector":".article-ntent-body"},"publisher":{"@id":"},"maEntyOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"},"thor":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Garance Franke-Ruta","sameAs":"}],"articleSectn":"Polics"}</script><meta name="next-head-unt" ntent="60"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-g=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href="><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href="><noscript data-n-css=""></noscript><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/></head><body><div id="__next"><div data-tegory="story page"><div></div><nav class="Nav_root___6bX9" aria-labelledby="se-navigatn" data-tegory="Se Nav" data-event-module="se nav" id="ma-navigatn"><div class="Nav_maNav__yofcm"><a href="#ma-ntent" class="Nav_skipLk__Evjjd">Skip to ntent</a><h2 id="se-navigatn" class="Nav_visuallyHi__AbSDF">Se Navigatn</h2><div class="Nav_flexContaer__Q3LKQ"><ul class="Nav_leftContaer__cPQgJ"><li class="Nav_navListItem__cEyWT Nav_visuallyHiOnMobile__hxCGG"><a href=" class="Nav_navLk__5SUAA"><svg xmlns=" viewBox="0 0 87.83 134" class="Nav_bigA__XvGGC"><tle>The Atlantic

Contents:

• GEE W. BH'S FOTTEN GAY-RIGHTS HISTORY
• GEE H.W. BH ‘UNSUPPORTIVE’ ON GAY RIGHTS, HIV/AIDS
• GEE H.W. BH OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE, UNTIL HE WAS A WNS TO ONE
• BH ON GAY RIGHTS ISSU
• GAY USA: GEE H. W. BH'S RERD ON LGBT & AIDS ISSU
• GEORGE BUSH: "I'M GAY"
• GEE H.W. BH WNS AT GAY WEDDG, POPE DEOCKS PRO-LGBT PRIT: TODAY IN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2013/7:43 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2013 / 7:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GEE H.W. BH WNS AT GAY WEDDG, POPE DEOCKS PRO-LGBT PRIT: TODAY IN GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-25T23:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-25T23:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="222"] PHOTO: HELEN THALSEN'S FACEBOOK[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT GEE H.W. BH AND HIS WIFE, BARBARA, SERVED AS OFFICIAL WNS TO A SAME-SEX WEDDG THEIR HOMETOWN OF KENNEBUNKPORT, MAE ON SATURDAY. THE FORMER FIRST COUPLE PARTOOK BONNIE CLEMENT AND HELEN THALSEN'S CEREMONY, A FACT ONLY MA PUBLIC WHEN THALSEN POSTED A PHOTO (RIGHT) OF THE EX-POTUS SIGNG THEIR MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SE WE MISTOOK THEIR VOLVEMENT AS SOME KD OF GOP SEA CHANGE, BH SR.'S PRS REPRENTATIVE SCRIBED THEIR VOLVEMENT AS “PRIVATE CIZENS ATTENDG A PRIVATE CEREMONY FOR TWO IENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEMENT, 60, TOLD THE WASHGTON POST, SHE AND THALSEN HAVE KNOWN THE BH FOR YEARS AND WERE THRILLED WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THEIR WEDDG VATN: "WHEN THEY AGREED [TO WNS] WE JT FELT THAT WAS THE NEXT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BEG ‘REAL AND NORMAL.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONEY, YOU DON'T NEED ANY BH TO MAKE YOU FEEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} RUPL’S DRAG RACE REPEAT OFFENR SHANGELA IS HEADG SOUTH FOR VIRGIA PRI RICHMOND, VA THIS WEEKEND. ABSOLUT VODKA IS BRGG THE HALLELOO GIRL DOWN TO TOUR SEVERAL PRE-PARTI—AS WELL AS THE MA EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 28, WHEN NAKED HIGHWAY, BILLY WN AND HOTTIE POP SGER ARI GOLD TAKE THE STAGE AT KANAWHA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANILA LUZON AND JKX MONSOON ARE MORED TO BE SHARG A TEASER FOR THEIR NEW MIC VIO, "BRG IT," OVER PRI WEEKEND AS WELL. WELL, THEY DO SAY VIRGIA IS FOR (DRAG) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAS, LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T SEE DANIEL RADCLIFFE SKTIGHT LEATHER AND A SKNY MOTACHE AFTER ALL: THE KILL YOUR DARLGS ACTOR HAS LGHED OFF MORS HE'S TALKS TO PLAY FREDDIE MERCURY A NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE IS NO TTH TO AT ALL," SAYS RADCLIFFE. "IT'S ONE OF THOSE VERY, VERY FUNNY THGS: ME OUT OF A STORY THE DAILY STAR AND THEN YOU SEE NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE GUARDIAN G THE STAR AS THEIR SOURCE, AND GROWS AND GROWS [UNTIL] 'S 'DAN RADCLIFFE IS PLAYG FREDDIE MERCURY!', WHICH I WAS NEVER GOG TO DO. EVERYONE ON THE INTER WHO I PRUME IS SAYG I'M TOTALLY WRONG FOR THAT PART IS RRECT.I AM PLETELY WRONG FOR THAT PART!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON'T KNOW, DANIEL—WE THK YOU ULD TACKLE JT ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SE YOU THOUGHT POPE FRANCIS REPRENTED A KDLER, GENTLER CATHOLIC CHURCH  THAT DIDN'T HATE GAYS NEWS THAT THE PONTIFF SIGNED EXMUNITN PAPERS FOR AN ATRALIAN PRIT WHO WAS OCKED FOR SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE AND FEMALE CLERGY. EX-CLERIC GREG REYNOLDS, WHOSE WALKG PAPERS WERE DATED MAY 31, SAYS HE JT WANTS THE SAME THG AS POPE FRANCIS,  "TO ENURAGE REFORM AND CLEAR NEED FOR RENEWAL THE CHURCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM IS, MR. REYNOLDS, YOU ACTUALLY WANTED REAL CHANGE—NOT JT LIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK ACTRS LAVERNE COX WILL BE AT THE LGBT CENTER NEW YORK TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE "GROWG VISIBILY: TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE MEDIA." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PANEL, WHICH ALSO CLUS FORMER LLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER KYE ALLUMS, DRAG RACE ALUM CARMEN CARRERA AND IKONS EDOR TIQ MILAN, ADDRS THE DIFFICULTI TRANSGENR PEOPLE FACE WHEN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT—OM BEG MISGENRED AND STEREOTYPED TO FACG APPROPRIATE PERSONAL QUTNS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF TRANS REPRENTATNS THE MEDIA, A PRODUCTN PANY IS LOOKG FOR TRANSGENR WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE A NEW REALY SHOW. A STG LL HAS GONE OUT FOR TRANSAMERI:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ONCE A LIFETIME OPPORTUNY SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE LIV AND LOV OF A GROUP OF DYNAMIC AND FASHNABLE TRANS WOMEN. OUR 'DIVE SISTERHOOD' IS OPEN TO ALL WOMEN THE TRANSNG SPECTM WHO ARE EAGER TO SHARE THEIR STORI, PASSNS AND IENDSHIPS AN ATTEMPT TO BOTH TE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM REFG STEREOTYP, EXPLORG THE PLITED WORLD OF DATG, TO YOUR CHOSEN FAY: THE SISTERS AND MISTERS WHO'VE BEEN BY YOUR SI DURG YOUR JOURNEY, WE WANT TO HEAR THE TRIUMPHS, JOYS AND STGGL OF THE EVERYDAY TRANS REER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO A PRS RELEASE, PRODUCERS " HOPE TO REVOLUTNIZE THE PERCEPTNS OF GENR AND SEXUALY BY FDG AND STG THE MOST SPECTACULARLY TERTG WOMEN WH FABULO PERSONALI, WHO ARE PROUDLY UNAPOLOGETIC, LIVG A LIFE OF BETY EVERY WAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRAG MP FOR THE NBA STARTS NEXT TUDAY, AND OUT BALLER JASON COLLS STILL HASN'T BEEN SIGNED—MEANG THE ODDS OF AN OPENLY GAY MAN ACTUALLY PLAYG PROFSNAL BASKETBALL ARE DWDLG FAST. AS OUTSPORTS WR, "NORMALLY, FEW PEOPLE WOULD RE ABOUT THE JOB PROSPECTS OF A 34-YEAR-OLD BACKUP CENTER AT THE END OF HIS REER, BUT COLLS IS OBVLY MUCH MORE THAN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}C'MON, NBA, GET ON !{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BH BACKS BAN CONSTUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GEE W. BH ON GAY RIGHTS

GEE W. BH'S FOTTEN GAY-RIGHTS HISTORY

Bh utned agast cricizg gay upl, sayg an terview on "This Week" that you shouldn't cricize others "until you've examed your own heart.

" Bh had wad to the revalized same-sex marriage bate last week -- if only barely -- a ment to a reporter Zambia, who asked whether gay marriage nflicts wh Christian valu. "I meant 's very important for people not to be overly cril of someone else until you've examed your own heart, " Bh told story went on to note that "As print, Bh opposed gay marriage, and Republins phed ballot measur to ban at the state level.

GEE H.W. BH ‘UNSUPPORTIVE’ ON GAY RIGHTS, HIV/AIDS

Meanwhile his vice print, Dick Cheney, opposed the nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriage that was a popular ia among social nservativ at the time.

''As Republins seek to fd a new way forward the wake of the Supreme Court cisn strikg down DOMA, 's worth rellg that one equently discsed proposed path -- backg civil unns but not full marriage equaly -- would jt take the GOP back to where s succsful printial ndidate was , the more nservative ndidate who lost where Bh won, opposed both gay marriage and civil unns picture wh Bh was hardly one of straightforward support for gay unns, of urse.

At the same time, he benefed om an aggrsive state-by-state mpaign to turn out evangelil voters opposed to givg gay unns the same standg as heterosexual on.

GEE H.W. BH OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE, UNTIL HE WAS A WNS TO ONE

And tight rac, those voters -- who historilly have leaned heavily Republin -- may have tipped the now Bh, rponse to a journalist Zambia askg about whether gay marriage is agast Christian valu, said, "I shouldn't be takg a speck out of someone else's eye when I have a log my own. Frank also said Bh refed to roll back ary’s ban on gay service members, which was admistrative and not statutory the days before the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law of 1993.

BH ON GAY RIGHTS ISSU

Frank said Thomas — who dissented every major gay rights cisn, cludg the Obergefell cisn 2015 extendg marriage equaly natnwi — has been “totally negative.

One exchange between a reporter and Bh 1992, the fal year of his admistratn, promently exemplifi his anti-gay views. Acrdg to a clippg om the Los Angel Tim, a reporter om NBC News asked Bh how he would rpond to a grandchild who me out as gay.

GAY USA: GEE H. W. BH'S RERD ON LGBT & AIDS ISSU

In 1992, Buchanan livered a fiery speech at the Republin Natnal Conventn llg for a culture war, mockg Democratic printial ndidate Bill Clton for beg lled pro-gay by “a ant lear of the homosexual rights movement” and urgg followers to stand wh Bh on the “amoral ia that gay and lbian upl should have the same standg law as married men and women. The other pro-gay law was the Immigratn Act of 1990, which clud a repeal of the ban on “homosexuals or sex perverts, ” or LGBT people, om enterg the Uned Stat.

“I was on the immigratn submtee and I had enough support om other Democrats to say that if they did not agree to clu the repeal of the anti-gay stuff, I uld feat the bill, ” Frank said.

What we were up agast were the really profound negative homophobic attus upled wh a right-wg that was…growg power that the people had got elected through, panrg to that right-wg. Bh’s legacy on LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS stands ntrast to that of his wife, former first lady Barbara Bh, who died earlier this year and was remembered for beg a gay ally who fought to dispel AIDS stigma. In 2004, Bh ma anti-gay posns a rnerstone of his re-electn mpaign, makg a Feral Marriage Amendment that would have barred same-sex marriage natnwi a central plank.

GEORGE BUSH: "I'M GAY"

"Hoover thought many left-leang Amerins posed a threat to the natn, and he thought the same of gay people -- even though there's reason to believe Hoover was gay himself and a long-term relatnship wh ai Cly Tolson. "Many loyal Amerins, by reason of stabily, alholism, homosexualy, or prev tennci to associate wh Communist-ont groups, are untentnally secury risks, " Ike himself wrote, although he also admted feelg guilty over his treatment of Vannberg.

Civil Service Commissn lifted the orr 1975, and the Department of Defense, which had ed to ny secury clearanc to gays and lbians, gradually ceased s "tensive qutng of gays... JohnsonKennedy and Johnson may have never thought their civil rights law would be terpreted as protectg LGBT people, but Kennedy, at least, would probably approve -- his bt iend was a gay man, Lem Billgs. Also, the EEOC has held that Tle VII's protectns extend to discrimatn agast gay, lbian, and bisexual employe, if the discrimatn aris out of genr stereotyp.

" Its Office of Civil Rights will therefore vtigate such claims, offerg a means of relief for transgenr and, to some extent, lbian, gay, and bisexual CarterCarter, who intifi as a "born-aga" Christian, is proof that ep relig fah need not go hand hand wh homophobia.

GEE H.W. BH WNS AT GAY WEDDG, POPE DEOCKS PRO-LGBT PRIT: TODAY IN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2013/7:43 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2013 / 7:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GEE H.W. BH WNS AT GAY WEDDG, POPE DEOCKS PRO-LGBT PRIT: TODAY IN GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-25T23:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-25T23:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="222"] PHOTO: HELEN THALSEN'S FACEBOOK[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT GEE H.W. BH AND HIS WIFE, BARBARA, SERVED AS OFFICIAL WNS TO A SAME-SEX WEDDG THEIR HOMETOWN OF KENNEBUNKPORT, MAE ON SATURDAY. THE FORMER FIRST COUPLE PARTOOK BONNIE CLEMENT AND HELEN THALSEN'S CEREMONY, A FACT ONLY MA PUBLIC WHEN THALSEN POSTED A PHOTO (RIGHT) OF THE EX-POTUS SIGNG THEIR MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SE WE MISTOOK THEIR VOLVEMENT AS SOME KD OF GOP SEA CHANGE, BH SR.'S PRS REPRENTATIVE SCRIBED THEIR VOLVEMENT AS “PRIVATE CIZENS ATTENDG A PRIVATE CEREMONY FOR TWO IENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEMENT, 60, TOLD THE WASHGTON POST, SHE AND THALSEN HAVE KNOWN THE BH FOR YEARS AND WERE THRILLED WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THEIR WEDDG VATN: "WHEN THEY AGREED [TO WNS] WE JT FELT THAT WAS THE NEXT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BEG ‘REAL AND NORMAL.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONEY, YOU DON'T NEED ANY BH TO MAKE YOU FEEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} RUPL’S DRAG RACE REPEAT OFFENR SHANGELA IS HEADG SOUTH FOR VIRGIA PRI RICHMOND, VA THIS WEEKEND. ABSOLUT VODKA IS BRGG THE HALLELOO GIRL DOWN TO TOUR SEVERAL PRE-PARTI—AS WELL AS THE MA EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 28, WHEN NAKED HIGHWAY, BILLY WN AND HOTTIE POP SGER ARI GOLD TAKE THE STAGE AT KANAWHA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANILA LUZON AND JKX MONSOON ARE MORED TO BE SHARG A TEASER FOR THEIR NEW MIC VIO, "BRG IT," OVER PRI WEEKEND AS WELL. WELL, THEY DO SAY VIRGIA IS FOR (DRAG) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAS, LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T SEE DANIEL RADCLIFFE SKTIGHT LEATHER AND A SKNY MOTACHE AFTER ALL: THE KILL YOUR DARLGS ACTOR HAS LGHED OFF MORS HE'S TALKS TO PLAY FREDDIE MERCURY A NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE IS NO TTH TO AT ALL," SAYS RADCLIFFE. "IT'S ONE OF THOSE VERY, VERY FUNNY THGS: ME OUT OF A STORY THE DAILY STAR AND THEN YOU SEE NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE GUARDIAN G THE STAR AS THEIR SOURCE, AND GROWS AND GROWS [UNTIL] 'S 'DAN RADCLIFFE IS PLAYG FREDDIE MERCURY!', WHICH I WAS NEVER GOG TO DO. EVERYONE ON THE INTER WHO I PRUME IS SAYG I'M TOTALLY WRONG FOR THAT PART IS RRECT.I AM PLETELY WRONG FOR THAT PART!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON'T KNOW, DANIEL—WE THK YOU ULD TACKLE JT ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SE YOU THOUGHT POPE FRANCIS REPRENTED A KDLER, GENTLER CATHOLIC CHURCH  THAT DIDN'T HATE GAYS NEWS THAT THE PONTIFF SIGNED EXMUNITN PAPERS FOR AN ATRALIAN PRIT WHO WAS OCKED FOR SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE AND FEMALE CLERGY. EX-CLERIC GREG REYNOLDS, WHOSE WALKG PAPERS WERE DATED MAY 31, SAYS HE JT WANTS THE SAME THG AS POPE FRANCIS,  "TO ENURAGE REFORM AND CLEAR NEED FOR RENEWAL THE CHURCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM IS, MR. REYNOLDS, YOU ACTUALLY WANTED REAL CHANGE—NOT JT LIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK ACTRS LAVERNE COX WILL BE AT THE LGBT CENTER NEW YORK TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE "GROWG VISIBILY: TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE MEDIA." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PANEL, WHICH ALSO CLUS FORMER LLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER KYE ALLUMS, DRAG RACE ALUM CARMEN CARRERA AND IKONS EDOR TIQ MILAN, ADDRS THE DIFFICULTI TRANSGENR PEOPLE FACE WHEN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT—OM BEG MISGENRED AND STEREOTYPED TO FACG APPROPRIATE PERSONAL QUTNS OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF TRANS REPRENTATNS THE MEDIA, A PRODUCTN PANY IS LOOKG FOR TRANSGENR WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE A NEW REALY SHOW. A STG LL HAS GONE OUT FOR TRANSAMERI:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ONCE A LIFETIME OPPORTUNY SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE LIV AND LOV OF A GROUP OF DYNAMIC AND FASHNABLE TRANS WOMEN. OUR 'DIVE SISTERHOOD' IS OPEN TO ALL WOMEN THE TRANSNG SPECTM WHO ARE EAGER TO SHARE THEIR STORI, PASSNS AND IENDSHIPS AN ATTEMPT TO BOTH TE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM REFG STEREOTYP, EXPLORG THE PLITED WORLD OF DATG, TO YOUR CHOSEN FAY: THE SISTERS AND MISTERS WHO'VE BEEN BY YOUR SI DURG YOUR JOURNEY, WE WANT TO HEAR THE TRIUMPHS, JOYS AND STGGL OF THE EVERYDAY TRANS REER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO A PRS RELEASE, PRODUCERS " HOPE TO REVOLUTNIZE THE PERCEPTNS OF GENR AND SEXUALY BY FDG AND STG THE MOST SPECTACULARLY TERTG WOMEN WH FABULO PERSONALI, WHO ARE PROUDLY UNAPOLOGETIC, LIVG A LIFE OF BETY EVERY WAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRAG MP FOR THE NBA STARTS NEXT TUDAY, AND OUT BALLER JASON COLLS STILL HASN'T BEEN SIGNED—MEANG THE ODDS OF AN OPENLY GAY MAN ACTUALLY PLAYG PROFSNAL BASKETBALL ARE DWDLG FAST. AS OUTSPORTS WR, "NORMALLY, FEW PEOPLE WOULD RE ABOUT THE JOB PROSPECTS OF A 34-YEAR-OLD BACKUP CENTER AT THE END OF HIS REER, BUT COLLS IS OBVLY MUCH MORE THAN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}C'MON, NBA, GET ON !{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In 1976, as a ndidate, he had ma clear he would sign a gay rights bill, and 1977, durg his princy, the first-ever gay and lbian legatn vised the Whe Hoe to discs policy issu wh admistratn officials.

The Briggs Iniative, which would have barred gays and lbians om teachg the state's public schools -- and the proposn was ed voted down. He has famoly said, "I never knew of any word or actn of J Christ that discrimated agast anyone, " and has endorsed marriage ReaganReagan's greatt effect on the gay populatn was undoubtedly his rponse, or lack thereof, to a disease that took the liv of many gay men.

Although the former actor was apparently personally fortable wh gay people, he drew much of his support om the antigay relig right, such as Jerry Falwell and his so-lled Moral Majory, and officials his admistratn clud such notor homophob as Gary Ber and Pat Buchanan. "Perhaps his staff felt he had to, sce many of his New Right supporters have raised money by mpaigng agast homosexuals.

BH BACKS BAN CONSTUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE

Clton's efforts to end the ban on gays, lbians, and bisexuals the armed forc met wh strong ristance om ary lears and members of Congrs.

The law required the Attorney General to llect data on crim mted bee of the victim’s race, relign, disabily, sexual orientatn, or ethnicy—but also specified that “the Amerin fay life is the foundatn of Amerin Society” and “nothg this Act shall be nsted, nor shall any funds appropriated to rry out the purpose of the Act be ed, to promote or enurage homosexualy.

GEE W. BH ON GAY RIGHTS

While the issue of same-sex marriage was not a foc of LGBT+ activists at the time of Bh’s princy, The New York Tim reported that, gearg up for his 1988 mpaign, Bh said his d diary that Amerins “don’t want homosexual marriag dified.

Challenged to the Republin nomatn by former Reagan munitns director Pat Buchanan, who had lled AIDS “nature’s revenge on gay men, ” Bh felt the prsure to adopt more nservative posns on civil rights, fendg so-lled “fay valu.