Barack Obama graces the cover of LGBT magazine 'Out'

In another first, US President Barack Obama has been featured on the cover of an LGBT magazine called 'OUT'. Obama has become first sitting president to appear on the cover of a gay publication.

Out.com has named Obama their 'Ally of the Year'. The title comes after his support and works in securing marriage equality in the United States of America.

In their story they state, "This is the first time a sitting president has been photographed for the cover of an LGBT title, a historic moment in itself, and a statement on how much his administration has done to advance a singularly volatile issue that tarnished the reputations of both President Clinton and President Bush. It might have tarnished this president, too, but for his late-hour conversion in 2012, which set the stage for the extraordinary succession of events that led to this year’s Supreme Court ruling, on June 26, making it unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the right to wed. Many things led up to that decision—“decades of our brothers and sisters fighting for recognition and equality” as the president notes—but once his administration decided to join that fight it created what people like to call a “transformative” moment. It helped tip the balance, and it put our elected leader on the right side of justice."

(Out.com)