Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Girls and gays, let us introduce you to Congressman-Elect Kaiali‘i "Kai" Kahele who will be representing Hawaii's second congressional district in the U.S.
House of Representatives come January. The 46-year-old husband, father, and proud Democrat will be replacing former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (who notoriously had a long, complicated, and downright scary anti-LGBTQ+ history during her political career) in Congress, and in case you didn't notice, he's Daddy AF.
He's been endorsed by 44th President Barack Obama, the Human Rights Campaign, and has proudly and publicly declared his support of the LGBTQ+ community... ...so of course, the internet is taking notice of him (and celebrating his recent Election Day victory)!