IT’S OFFICIAL, BARACK Obama became the first US President to appear on the cover of a LGBT magazine – when Out Magazine released its latest issue’s front cover yesterday.
In the year that same-sex marriage was passed in the US, Obama was named ‘Ally of the Year’.
And nearly everyone is in love with both the cover and the interview he gives <3
Speaking about that famous Supreme Court decision that brought same-sex marriage into being just one month after Ireland had voted to do the same, he says:
I wasn’t surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision, but, like millions of Americans, I was proud and happy that it came down the way it did.
And this quote by the President is being shared widely – on his own background of equality:
This really goes back to when I was a kid, because my mom instilled in me the strong belief that every person is of equal worth. At the same time, growing up as a black guy with a funny name, I was often reminded of exactly what it felt like to be on the outside.
Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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