As of 2017, the U.S. President with the strongest support of gay rights was Barack Obama.
Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro and niece of former President Fidel Castro.
There has not been an openly gay president for the United States of America. President Obama is the first president to openly support gay rights, but he is not gay himself.
The result was that gay people became part of public perception, leading to more and more rights.
No president legalized homosexuality. States gradually changed their laws against homosexual practices sometimes due to federal court decisions.
No, there is absolutely no evidence of it. Some of the president's political enemies, and a couple of tabloids, spread this rumor several years ago. They seemed to base it on the president's support for gay rights and the fact that he has gay friends. But many heterosexuals support gay rights and have gay friends. And all evidence shows that the president is happily married to his wife Michelle.
They ruled in favor of gay rights
gay rights are positive rights.
He thinks they deserve the same rights as straight people.
President Reagan was reluctant to support legal recognition of gay rights. While President, he was also reluctant to support AIDS research.
You don't get rights for being gay. In fact, depending on where you live, you lose rights for being gay.
They ruled in favor of gay rights
Women's rights and gay rights definitely have some overlap, but the differences are in what rights are lacking.