Barack Obama: ‘The First Gay Print’? - The Washgton Post

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

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.

NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

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. 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.

NEWSWEEK LLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' ON VER

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.

NEWSWEEK COVER: 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'

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. 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?

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? 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.

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

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. 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.

“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, 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.

” 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. 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%.

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

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. Origal source: Newsweek ver clar Obama ‘the first gay print’ Mt-read stori om the L.

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

NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’

“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. 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.

OBAMA ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER AS '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. Newsweek once gave Barack Obama the tle of “First Gay Print” on s May 21, 2012, ver as he was heavily foced on issu like legalizg gay marriage across thor of the article was gay wrer, Andrew Sullivan, who wrote, “When you step back a ltle and asss the rerd of Obama on gay rights, you see, fact, that this was not an aberratn. ” Jason Whlock believ that beg the gay muny’s biggt ally was perhaps his missn om the outset.

“Tyg the journey of black people to the e of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs is Obama’s most endurg and impactful legacy, ” Whlock says. One of the books parents are fightg to ban om their children’s school librari is lled "Genr Queer: A Memoir, " which picts numero gay sex acts. He also referenced Jam Baldw and Walt Whman, who are two of the most famo gay wrers Amerin history.

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.

NEWSWEEK: OBAMA ‘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 COVER HERALDS OBAMA AS “FIRST GAY PRINT”

"When you step back a ltle and asss the rerd of Obama on gay rights, you see, fact, that this was not an aberratn.

Sullivan draws parisons between Obama's biracial upbrgg and the experience of gays who grow up heterosexual fai.

"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. 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. In 2012, Newsweek ran a magaze ver llg Barack Obama “Ameri’s First Gay Print.

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

” The article gleefully ld Obama for his support and endorsement of gay marriage. Tyg the journey of black people to the e of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs is Obama’s most endurg and impactful legacy. The first gay print is a master of ceptn, nfn, and hidg the closet.

BARACK OBAMA: ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’?

Author Toni Morrison anoted Print Bill Clton “Ameri’s First Black Print, ” and a play on that tle and what is sure to be a ntroversial move, “Newsweek” has named Print Barack Obama, Ameri’s “First Gay Print, ” reports Poli.

“It’s easy to wre off Print Obama’s announcement of his support for gay marriage as a polil ploy durg an electn year. So let me simply say: I thk of all the gay kids out there who now know they have their print on their si.

NEWSWEEK PUTS REJECTED OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT' VERS ONLE

I thk of the gay parents who now feel their print is behd their sacrific and their love for their children. Black Pastors Exprs ‘Sadns’ Over Obama’s Gay Marriage Announcement. A week after US Print Barack Obama voiced his support for same-sex marriage, Amerin weekly news magaze Newsweek has herald him as "the first gay print" s ver magaze's ver featur Obama wh a rabow- loured halo over his head and the headle 'The First Gay Print' ver story is by wrer Andrew Sullivan who talks about how he was moved to tearswhen Obama endorsed gay marriage an terview wh ABC Sullivan wr that Mr Obama's life as the son of a black father and whe mother has helped him unrstand the plight of gay men and lbians.

"I have always sensed that he tuively unrstands gays and our prediment bee so mirrors his own. "The pot of the gay-rights movement, after all, is not about helpg people be gay.

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

Had been planng to endorse gay marriage before his re-electn for a while.

Whe Hoe sourc say that if Obama had been a state senator New York last year when the Albany legislature legalised gay marriage, he'd have voted favour, " the article Sullivan said the "news" that Obama supports gay marriage was tend to be ma a separate ABC show 'The View' but wh Vice Print Joe Bin voicg his opn on gay marriage, Mr Obama spoke about what he thks of gay marriage wh TV journalist Rob Roberts on her show. "Even this was lculated: to have this moment occur between two Ain-Amerins would help Obama lm opposn wh parts of the black muny" Obama had said the ABC News terview that his thought procs on the issue had evolved after discsns wh his iends and had said his dghters Sasha and Malia had iends whose parents were gay upl and he now "personally" believ gays and lbians should have the right to Obama's 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".

The ver of Newsweek magaze this week proclaims Print Obama “the first gay print. The New Yorker’s ver for this week, likewise, is an image of the Whe Hoe, wh the inic lumns on s South porti arranged the lors of the rabow — a proment symbol for gay rights.

NEWSWEEK: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’

Newsweek’s “first gay print” ver story is wrten by Andrew Sullivan, a blogger at Newsweek and the Daily Beast, who is openly gay. (Photo: Newsweek)Print Obama has been named the “first gay print” on the ver of the jt released Newsweek issue, which featur the print wh a rabow halo over his head.

In the ver story, Andrew Sullivan, who is gay, says that as the offsprg of a whe Amerin woman and an Ain man Obama grew up unrstandg what ’s like to be different.

“I have always sensed that he tuively unrstands gays and our prediment — bee so mirrors his own. The pot of the gay-rights movement, after all, is not about helpg people be gay.

IS OBAMA THE 'FIRST GAY PRINT' AS NEWSWEEK PROCLAIMS?

” Sure enough, Brown and the rt of the Newsweek edors were able to e up wh an ia that created jt as much, if not more, ntroversy—and discsn—as Time’s: a ver featurg an image of Obama wh a rabow halo over his head, above the headle “The First Gay Print. Jim Loewen at SalonLoewen disagre wh Newsweek’s ver story, argug that Obama is not the Uned Stat’ first gay print.

Not only is he not gay, we’ve already had a gay print: Jam Buchanan, he wr.

“There n be no doubt that Jam Buchanan was gay, before, durg, and after his four years the Whe Hoe. ” Loewen argu that the reason Amerins don’t name Buchanan as our first gay print “is that we have a touchg belief progrs...