Our Only Gay President

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMXH_MOqEN4   Posted on YouTube: February 04, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 25, 2007 By DU Member: Ustram Views on DU: 1662

 
No... It's not the current President...

was known to be a cross dresser and believed to have had a long term relationship with Buchanan...William Rufus Devane King, Here's a wiki on him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._King

For fifteen years in Washington, D.C., prior to his presidency, James Buchanan lived with his close friend King.<3> Buchanan and King's close relationship prompted Andrew Jackson to refer to King as "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy," while Aaron V. Brown spoke of the two as "Buchanan and his wife."<4><5> Further, some of the contemporary press also speculated about Buchanan and King's relationship. Buchanan and King's nieces destroyed their uncles' correspondence, leaving some questions as to what relationship the two men had, but surviving letters illustrate "the affection of a special friendship," and Buchanan wrote of his "communion" with his housemate.<4> Such expression, however, was not unusual amongst men at the time. Though the circumstances surrounding Buchanan and King have led authors such as Paul Boller to speculate that he was "America's first homosexual president," there is no evidence that King and Buchanan had a sexual relationship.<4>

I have read otherwise, though.

I think Abe was a pretty good President...who cares if he was gay...

You know, the one who loves to strut around looking like a long lost member of the Village People?

Nothing wrong with being gay, and Lincoln deserved all the fun he could find, but I can't be the only one whose gaydar has been a'twitterin' lo these 7 ghastly years.

That could be an argument for or against his orientation (if you buy into the stereotype)

America will be a truly open society when an openly gay person can run for president and his/her orientation is not an issue. I hope I see that in my lifetime.

While I can accept the possibility that an openly gay man or woman may be president some day, I can't see it not being an issue within the next several decades. The hatred just runs too deep.

But let's hope your hopes are realized.