Obama the first US president on LGBT magazine cover

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Obama the first US president on LGBT magazine cover - President Barack Obama covers Out magazine's new Out100 2015 issue, becoming  your   primary  sitting president  to   end up being  photographed  to its  cover  of any  LGBT publication.

The magazine's editors call  The idea   a  "historic moment  inside  itself"  ALONG WITH   the   report   at  how much  your current  Obama administration  possesses   accomplished   pertaining to  LGBT rights.  with   the  article introducing  ones  cover  your current  editors write, "The 44th President  of an   USA   is usually   OUR  Ally  of a  Year  --   the  president  whom  came  to   department   at   a great  wave  regarding  euphoria, appeared  to help  lose momentum halfway through,  AS WELL AS   offers   because the  rallied, helping  us all   secure  marriage equality, among  other  landmark initiatives  which are  transforming  OUR   area   in  America."

Obama sat  straight down   from the  publication's editor-in-chief, Aaron Hicklin,  with regard to   a  interview. Hicklin  wrote   That  Obama  AND ALSO  his administration have "ushered  incredible  change  straight into   your current  lives  of  LGBT Americans." He said his  inches  evolution  at  marriage equality  have been  something  in order to  behold."

Here  are  highlights  from  Obama's interview:    

On when he realized LGBT equality would be a key focus of his administration:

"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. One of the reasons I got involved in politics was to help deliver on our promise that we're all created equal, and that no one should be excluded from the American dream just because of who they are."

On the generational difference in people's attitudes toward homosexuality:

"To Malia and Sasha and their friends, discrimination in any form against anyone doesn't make sense. It doesn't dawn on them that friends who are gay or friends' parents who are same-sex couples should be treated differently than anyone else. That's powerful. My sense is that a lot of parents across the country aren't going to want to sit around the dinner table and try to justify to their kids why a gay teacher or a transgender best friend isn't quite as equal as someone else."

On the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage:

"It was decades of our brothers and sisters fighting for recognition and equality - and too frequently risking their lives or facing rejection from family, friends, and co-workers - that got us to that moment. So 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."

On Kim Davis and religious freedom:

"I am a man of faith and believe deeply in religious freedom, but at the end of the day, nobody is above the rule of law - especially someone who voluntarily takes an oath to uphold that law. That's something we've got to respect."

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