Tag: Barak Obama

Barack and Michelle will holiday with U.S. ambassador James Costos and his husband. The Obamas’ immediate post-inauguration plans have finally been announced and they involve sunshine, swimming and a few relaxing days with a pair of close gay friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJIeDxAgcSB/ Following Trump’s swearing-in Friday, the Obama family will set off for the West Coast to vacation at the Palm Springs home of their longtime pals, U.S. ambassador to Spain James Costos and his husband Michael Smith, the interior designer for the White...

Peter Heidgerd was court-martialed in 1989 and felony conviction hurt employment opportunities President Barack Obama has pardoned a Georgia man who spent year in prison for being gay. Peter Heidgerd, now 56, has spent nearly three decades with a felony conviction on his record because he had a gay relationship with a fellow soldier in the US Army. Heidgerd was convicted in 1989 of conduct unbecoming an officer while at Fort Gordon near Augusta. He spent a year behind bars in the...

In a time of great uncertainty, for the LGBTQ community, and in a sense, the entire world, President Obama just did something absolutely beautiful. Today, he gave his final Presidential Medals of Freedom to 21 recipients including Diana Ross, Tom Hanks, Melinda Gates, Robert De Niro and Ellen DeGeneres. Take a look at his remarks before giving the medal — the highest civilian honor in America — to Ellen: “It’s easy to forget now,” the president says, “when we’ve come so far,...