Gay Men and the Prints Who Loved Them

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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...

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OPN AMERI HAS ALREADY HAD A GAY PRINT

Prints have long had gay advisers. But ’s only recently that the lear of the ee world has felt secure enough to let be known that he’s iends wh them. * franklin pierce gay *

“If elected, you would be the first openly gay print of the Uned Stat, ” Stephen Colbert said to Pete Buttigieg after the mayor of South Bend, Ind., clared his ndidacy.

While the characterizatn of beg openly gay or “out” is relatively new, the fact is the Uned Stat has already had a gay print whose ntemporari knew : Jam Buchanan.

AMERI MAY HAVE HAD A GAY PRINT AND HE MAY HAVE HAD A PARTNER OM ALABAMA

Ined, the Uned Stat has also had a gay vice print and, maybe more surprisgly, a gay senator om stunts takg U. Andrew Jackson referred to Kg as “Miss Nancy”— a phemism for a gay ntemporari lled Kg Buchanan’s “better half, ” and one ngrsman referred to him as “Mrs.

GAY MEN AND THE PRINTS WHO LOVED THEMBTIPRINTS HAVE LONG HAD GAY ADVISERS. BUT ’S ONLY RECENTLY THAT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD HAS FELT SECURE ENOUGH TO LET BE KNOWN THAT HE’S IENDS WH THEM.JAM KIRCHICKUPDATED OCT. 23, 2020 11:00AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 24, 2014 5:45AM EDT THE DAILY BEASTSOMETIM THE SIGNIFINCE OF AN EM THE NEWS N BE MEASURED BY HOW LTLE ATTENTN ATTRACTS. TO SEE HOW FAR THE E OF GAY RIGHTS HAS PROGRSED SUCH A REMARKABLY SHORT PERD OF TIME, NSIR THE FOLLOWG SENTENCE BURIED AN OTHERWISE BANAL ASSOCIATED PRS REPORT ABOUT BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA’S VATN PLANS OVER THE RECENT FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA. “THEY ARE STAYG WH WHE HOE RATOR MICHAEL SMH AND HIS PARTNER, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SPA JAM COSTOS, AT THEIR VATN HOME.”NOT LONG AGO, THE NOTN OF THE FIRST COUPLE SPENDG A LONG WEEKEND WH A GAY ONE, LET ALONE ADVERTISG TO THE PRS, WOULD HAVE PRENTED THE WHE HOE CHIEF OF STAFF WH A PR HEADACHE. WOULD THE PUBLIC READ TOO MUCH TO ? WOULD SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? HOW WILL PLAY PEORIA? NOW, NOBODY BATS AN EYE.AMERIN PRINTS HAVE LONG HAD GAY IENDS AND ADVISERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE OCCUPIED POSNS NOT SO STEREOTYPILLY SWISH AS WHE HOE RATOR. ONE ULD NCEIVABLY START THE LIST WH WILLIAM KG, WHO SERVED AS VICE PRINT TO FRANKL PIERCE, AND IS SPECULATED BY SOME HISTORIANS TO HAVE BEEN THE LOVER OF PRINT JAM BUCHANAN. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, HOWEVER, THEIR HOMOSEXUALY WAS A CLOSELY GUARD SECRET, REVEALED UNTENTNALLY OR AS A RULT OF EMBARRASSG SNDAL. IT IS ONLY VERY RECENTLY THAT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD HAS FELT SECURE ENOUGH TO LET BE KNOWN THAT HE’S IENDS WH IENDS OF DOROTHY.JAM KIRCHICK

” All this would be que peculiar if Buchanan was not gay.

At most uld suggt Buchanan was not openly discsg this moment, we fet that beg gay the mid-19th century did not tomatilly exclu a man om natnal learship. The ia that some people, cludg policians and social lears, are gay was not news or shockg to our forefathers. S., sorry, Pete Buttigieg, you n’t aim to be the first gay print, although you uld be the first married gay print.

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To see how far the e of gay rights has progrsed such a remarkably short perd of time, nsir the followg sentence buried an otherwise banal Associated Prs report about Barack and Michelle Obama’s vatn plans over the recent Father’s Day Weekend Rancho Mirage, California.

WHO WAS OUR FIRST GAY PRINT?

”Not long ago, the notn of the First Couple spendg a long weekend wh a gay one, let alone advertisg to the prs, would have prented the Whe Hoe Chief of Staff wh a PR headache. Amerin prints have long had gay iends and advisers, many of whom have occupied posns not so stereotypilly swish as Whe Hoe rator. More often than not, however, their homosexualy was a closely guard secret, revealed untentnally or as a rult of embarrassg sndal.

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

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

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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. C., and the forc of homophobia only amplify the nsequence when gay enunters make headl. Many a gay sex sndal ret the urse of Amerin history and transformed the way natnal lears will be remembered for time immemorial.

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Ameri may have had a gay print and he may have had a partner om Alabama .

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