Obama As First Gay President?

Queerty  Feb 28 08

Longtime journalist Wayne Besen recently wondered when we’ll have our first gay president. History student and aspiring journo Shaun Jacob Halper, meanwhile, thinks Barack Obama may be the ticket: If Bill Clinton was, as Toni Morrison once argued, our first Black president, could Barack Obama be our first gay? Is Obama the hope lesbians and [...] Full story...

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