Obama on Newsweek magaze ver as 'First Gay Print'

Contents:

• NEWSWEEK VER: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’
• NEWSWEEK COVER: 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK LLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' ON VER
• NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK VER CLAR OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’
• WHO WAS OUR FIRST GAY PRINT?
• NEWSWEEK: OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' (PHOTO)
• NEWSWEEK'S NEXT COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• OBAMA NAMED ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER
• BARACK OBAMA: ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’?
• MEDIA REACTN TO NEWSWEEK’S OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ COVER
• NEWSWEEK: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’
• NEWSWEEK'S LATT COVER: THE FIRST GAY PRINT
• OBAMA ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK PUTS REJECTED OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT' VERS ONLE

NEWSWEEK VER: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’

It won't be nearly as ntroversial as Time magaze's breastfeedg ver, but Newsweek's May 21 issue clar Barack Obama the untry's "first gay print.

"The acpanyg ver story was wrten by Andrew Sullivan, the popular--and openly gay--polil blogger. The magaze even giv the manr--chief a rabow, Sullivan wr, "had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay.

"The full ver story is not yet onle, but a blog post published earlier this week, Sullivan wrote that Obama's support of gay marriage brought him to tears:I do not know how orchtrated this was; and I do not know how lculated is. What I know is that, absorbg the news, I was uncharacteristilly at a loss for words for a while, didn't know what to wre, and, like many Dish rears, there are tears my let me simply say: I thk of all the gay kids out there who now know they have their print on their si. I thk of the centuri and s which gay people found impossible to believe that marriage and cln their own fai was possible for them, so cshed were they by the weight of social and relig prsure.

NEWSWEEK COVER: 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'

I thk of the gay parents who now feel their print is behd their sacrific and their love for their terview chang no laws; has no tangible effect. Obama's journey on this has been like that of many other Amerins, when faced wh the actual realy of gay liv and gay relatnships. I was the room long before the 2008 primari when Obama spoke to the mother of a gay son about marriage equaly.

That's why we elected New Yorker, which is also out wh a ver story on gay marriage, took a b more subtle approach wh s May 21 issue.

NEWSWEEK LLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' ON VER

News stori:• How Whe Hoe gay marriage claratns are affectg other Democratic ndidat• Time breastfeedg ver sparks ntroversy• Will Obama's Julia celebrate a gay marriage?

Brown, whose tenure as edor at Newsweek has seen an array of ntroversial vers, will rpond wh the above, pegged to Andrew Sullivan's piece on Obama's support for same-sex marriage: "The First Gay Print. (Also on POLITICO: 20 gay rights ton). It’s easy to wre off Print Obama’s announcement of his support for gay marriage as a polil ploy durg an electn year.

“When you step back a ltle and asss the rerd of Obama on gay rights, you see, fact, that this was not an aberratn. ” And Print Obama has much mon wh the gay muny. “He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, ” Sullivan wr.

NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

WASHINGTON – Followg Print Barack Obama's public announcement backg gay marriage last week, Newsweek magaze has featured him on s ont ver wh the headle, "The First Gay Print.

NEWSWEEK VER CLAR OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’

"Wh Obama's face pictured lookg skyward and a rabow-lored halo above his head, the ntroversial ver leads to a story wrten by gay wrer Andrew Sullivan -- a self-scribed polil nservative -- who analyz the print's backg of gay said Wednday he supported gay marriage, reversg his posn on a ntroversial social issue jt six months before the November electn and adoptg a stance ght wh uncerta polil print said that after years of lengthy discsns wh iends and fay, cludg his wife and two young dghters, he now "personally" believ gays and lbians should have the right to views are direct ntrast to those of prumptive Republin printial nomee Mt Romney, who reerated Saturday that he believ "marriage is a relatnship between one man and one woman.

May 13, 2012— -- It won't be nearly as ntroversial as Time magaze's breastfeedg ver, but Newsweek's May 21 issue clar Barack Obama the untry's "first gay print. Sullivan's ver story is not yet onle, but a blog post published earlier this week, Sullivan wrote that Obama's support of gay marriage brought him to tears:I do not know how orchtrated this was; and I do not know how lculated is.

News stori: • How Whe Hoe gay marriage claratns are affectg other Democratic ndidat • Time breastfeedg ver sparks ntroversy • Will Obama's Julia celebrate a gay marriage? Newsweek, which has recently bee a ndu for ntroversy wh s ver art choic, drew more attentn wh the but of s latt issue clarg Print Obama to be “the first gay print. ” The ver, featurg Obama anoted wh a rabow halo above his head, ma s arrival on newsstands Monday and the wake of Obama’s claratn last week that he is personally favor of gay marriage.

WHO WAS OUR FIRST GAY PRINT?

The ver article, by proment Newsweek polil wrer and outspoken gay muny member Andrew Sullivan, lv to Obama’s past and asserts that given his background, his claratn of support for gay marriage should e as no surprise. Drawg parallels between the sense of isolatn felt by many growg to acceptg their homosexualy and Obama’s stggle to assert his own racial inty his early years, Sullivan wholeheartedly celebrat Obama’s cisn. To have the print of the Uned Stat affirm my humany — and the humany of all gay Amerins — was, unexpectedly, a watershed.

NEWSWEEK: OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' (PHOTO)

” Sullivan, should be noted, was also one of the first voic wh the media llg for gay marriage, wh his proment 1989 ver story the New Republic, “The Case for Gay Marriage. ” “It’s one of the richt ironi of our society’s bld spot toward gays that sentially nservative social goals should have the appearance of beg so radil, ” Sullivan wrote back 1989.

NEWSWEEK'S NEXT COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

“But gay marriage is not a radil step. Given that gay relatnships will always exist, what possible social goal is advanced by amg the law to enurage those relatnships to be unfahful, unveloped, and secure?

” Obama’s claratn alongsi a turng pot for gay marriage the urt of public opn, wh a recent Gallup poll fdg that, for the first time the poll’s history, a majory of Amerins support the legalizatn of gay marriage, 53% to 45%. But, one-fourth of Amerins still say that Obama’s support for gay marriage will make them ls likely to vote for him November, while 13% say they’re now more likely to vote his favor. The print will be tapg an appearance on ABC’s “The View” Monday, to be aired Tuday, which he is expected to speak further on his support for gay marriage.

OBAMA NAMED ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER

Origal source: Newsweek ver clar Obama ‘the first gay print’ Mt-read stori om the L. You may have seen the other ntroversial newsmagaze ver this week, the one where Newsweek dubbed Print Obama “The First Gay Print“.

But as Jim Loewen at the History News Network would like to remd , even if Obama were gay, he wouldn’t be the first: more than 150 years before the Uned Stat had s first black print, had s first homosexual manr chief. (MORE: Gay Marriage the Swg Stat: Where Will Obama’s ‘Evolutn’ Matter?

BARACK OBAMA: ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’?

Loewen is one of several historians who believe that Jam Buchanan, who served om 1857 to 1861, was fact our first gay print.

MEDIA REACTN TO NEWSWEEK’S OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ COVER

(MORE: In Gay Marriage Reversal, Print Obama Fac Risk on All Sis).

NEWSWEEK: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’

And while Loewen not that Obama’s stance on gay marriage is a wele parture om our recent past, to tout morn Amerin society as more tolerant than any our history is a claim that has yet to pass the tt of time. The ver featur an image of Obama lookg que angelic wh a rabow-lored halo above his head (or as a HuffPost edor affectnately dubbed —a "gaylo").

NEWSWEEK'S LATT COVER: THE FIRST GAY PRINT

The image acpani the issue's ver story, wrten by Andrew Sullivan, tled "The First Gay Print.

He also wr that the Print has much mon wh the gay muny. “He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, " Sullivan wr. Relatedobama gay marriageGay Marriage same sex marriageNewsweekobama same-sex marriageBefore You GoMedia verage of Obama's gay marriage announcementPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

Four days after Print Barack Obama affirmed his support of gay marriage on Good Morng Ameri, the edors at Newsweek are ready to anot him wh a new tle, "The First Gay Print. The ver advertis an upg piece by Newsweek wrer Andrew Sullivan support of Obama's rerd wh the gay muny.

OBAMA ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

It's easy to wre off Print Obama's announcement of his support for gay marriage as a polil ploy durg an electn year.

"When you step back a ltle and asss the rerd of Obama on gay rights, you see, fact, that this was not an aberratn. " And Print Obama has much mon wh the gay muny. "He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, " Sullivan wr.

Newsweek isn't gog to let Time w whout a the battle for most ntroversial ver of the week, Newsweek fired back at Time magaze's now-famo breastfeedg mom image by puttg Print Barack Obama unr a rabow halo wh the tagle "The First Gay Print. "I've jt nclud that for me personally, is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I thk same-sex upl should be able to get married, " Obama told ABC ver story, wrten by openly gay Newsweek ntributor Andrew Sullivan, has yet to be released full, but the magaze posted an excerpt on why the wrer believ the print's move to support same-sex marriage was not jt a polil ploy.

NEWSWEEK PUTS REJECTED OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT' VERS ONLE

Sullivan draws parisons between Obama's biracial upbrgg and the experience of gays who grow up heterosexual fai. Print Obama's announcement to support same-sex marriage me after Vice Print Bin unexpectedly stated his view that gay people should be able to legally marry. "And now, there’s Barack Obama, dubbed “the first gay print” by Newsweek over the weekendThe acpanyg say was penned by The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, who wr that " four years Obama went om beg JFK on civil rights to beg LBJ: om givg upliftg speech to actg ways to make the spirg words a realy.

"Sullivan, who is gay, scrib Obama’s “evolutn” on gay rights as the latt example of Obama “leadg om behd and playg the long game. ”Sullivan also draws a parison between the gay experience and Obama’s own search for racial inty:“Barack Obama had to e out of a different closet. He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay.

The Ameri he grew up had no space for a boy like him: black yet enveloped by lovg whens, tranged om a father he longed for (another mon gay experience), hurtlg between beg a Barry and a Barack, needg an Amerin racial inty as he grew olr but chafg also agast and over-embracg at tim. ”“This is the gay experience: the disvery adulthood of a muny not like your own home and the stggle to belong both plac, whout displacement, whout alienatn.