In the correspondence, Obama wrote: “In regard to homosexuality, I must say that I believe this is an attempt to remove oneself from the present, a refusal perhaps to perpetuate the endless farce. But six years after former President Barack Obama left office, some conservative media figures aggressively circulated a salacious rumor: that Obama is secretly gay.
The claim percolated across. An Obama biographer was reported to have revealed the former president’s “gay fantasies” while also describing him as insecure and lazy. However, it is essential to recognize that biographers often bring their own interpretations and biases to their subjects. In this short clip, Patrick Bet-David and the Home Team discuss Tucker Carlson's interview with Barack Obama's alleged gay partner from the past, Larry Sinclair.
While running for the Illinois Senate, Obama signs a questionnaire for a gay Chicago publication saying he favors legalizing same-sex marriages.
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Kenyans took to the street Monday against homosexuality and a lawmaker said that he will tell President Obama to, "shut up and go home" if he tries to push a pro-gay agenda when he visits the country later this month. Vigils were held after Ms Alcorn's suicide in December. By Reuters. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. In the letter posted on Tumblr, Ms Alcorn said she killed herself after years of struggling with her strict Christian parents' refusal to acknowledge her true identity as a female.
Image source, Courtesy of Abigail Jones. Newsweek has released this preview of the article to Politico : It's easy to write off President Obama's announcement of his support for gay marriage as a political ploy during an election year. Andrew Sullivan argues that this announcement has been in the making for years. Newsweek has released this preview of the article to Politico :.
While the White House is not explicitly calling for congressional legislation to ban the therapies nationwide, Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, welcomed Mr Obama's statement. Sections U. But other conservative states such as Oklahoma are considering legislation to protect the therapies from legal challenges. IE 11 is not supported. Skip to Content. A transgender teen's last note.
Although, gay rights activists have called for Obama to show solidarity with them during his trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, which is expected to start on July My death needs to mean something. Last month's U. In most of Africa's 54 countries, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT people hide their sexual orientation for fear of persecution or criminal prosecution.
Profile My News Sign Out. Mr Obama's statement was in response to an online petition , external calling for a ban on conversion therapies. How tide turned on same-sex marriage. This was said the same day that U. Obama when he comes to Kenya this month and he tries to bring the abortion agenda, the gay agenda, we shall tell him to shut up and go home," lawmaker Irungu Kangata told demonstrators outside parliament.
Many of the dozens of Nairobi demonstrators wore t-shirts with the slogans "Protect the family match" and "Stand with the family".
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