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New book claims Obama ‘considered gayness’ as a young man

JW Sues over Obama Student Loan ScandalA new book set to be available in early May, claims that as a young man, former President Barack Obama “considered gayness.”

The book, “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama,” written by David Garrow, reveals a close relationship Obama had with an openly gay assistant professor named Lawrence Goldyn, the Daily Caller reported.

“Goldyn made a huge impact on Barry Obama,” Garrow wrote. “Almost a quarter century later, asked about his understanding of gay issues, Obama enthusiastically said, ‘my favorite professor my first year in college was one of the first openly gay people that I knew…He was a terrific guy” with whom Obama developed a ‘friendship beyond the classroom.’”

“Goldyn years later would remember that Obama ‘was not fearful of being associated with me’ in terms of ‘talking socially’ and ‘learning from me’ after as well as in class,” Garrow added.

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“Three years later, Obama wrote somewhat elusively to his first intimate girlfriend that he had thought about and considered gayness, but ultimately had decided that a same-sex relationship would be less challenging and demanding than developing one with the opposite sex,” Garrow wrote. “But there is no doubting that Goldyn gave eighteen-year-old Barry a vastly more positive and uplifting image of gay identity and self-confidence than he had known in Honolulu.”

Garrow discussed the book with Jamie Weinstein:

When asked about Obama experimenting with homosexuality, Garrow paused and replied, “I think anyone and everyone, no matter what their role in life deserves a certain basic degree of privacy, in that context,” the Daily Caller noted.

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