1. Dwight Eisenhower. After serving in the armed forces Dwight, or �Ike�, was elected
as the 34th President of the United States in 1953 and served continuously until 1961.
He was commonly conservative and passed some pretty homophobic laws in his late �50s
Presidential terms. In his first year as President Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450 into
law which prohibited Federal employees from any acts or groups considered subversive,
cited in the list of subversive activities were �sexual perversion�. Those found
guilty of subversive fraternizing would be deemed a security rise viable for termination
or denial of employment. This was a law set into place because homosexual employees were
considered a blackmail risk. Americans commended the decision because it would help preserve
integrity in government positions, unfortunately Americans were generally anti-LGBTQ in the
�50s. After signing this monumental Executive order into law Ike remained quiet on the issue
of gay rights and maintained his conservative political stance.
2. George W. Bush. As governor of Texas in 1994, Bush ignorantly said that he would veto
and effort made to repeal a Texas sodomy law citing that it was a way to instill �traditional
values� in citizens. The next year he signed a bill into the Texas Family Code that would
prohibit the marriage of any persons of the same sex in the state of Texas. He has been
a constant opponent of gay rights since his days as Governor and even let a Texas bill
die that would protect American citizens from hate crimes against their race, religion or
sexual orientation simply because he did not want to protect gay and lesbian Texans. Similarly,
after the Boy Scouts of America famously passed a law that forced them to allow gays into
their troops Bush spoke out against the law citing that it was a private organization
that had a right to refuse entry. By his election in 2000, Bush had flipped the script and began
to speak out against sodomy laws but remained firm on his stance against gay marriage
3. George H. W. Bush. As the elder Presidential Bush, George H.W. brought a little more to
the table than his first born son. Elected in 1989 after Ronald Reagan, Bush continued
the reign of Republicans over the country after the 80�s. Bush became involved in
politics in the House of Representatives after founding his own oil company. By the age of
40, the Texas oil tycoon had already become a millionaire. In an interview the elder Bush
cited that if he found out that one of his grandchildren was gay he would love them anyways
but he did tack on quite the homophobic comment. The President stated that if he found out
his grandchild was gay he would let them know that a gay lifestyle wasn�t natural and
would talk them out of being gay rights activists. Despite these anti-LGBTQ views George H.W.
Bush was kind of a champion of gay rights throughout his time as president and passed
anti-hate crime laws that protect LGBTQ people to this day
4. Richard Nixon. 37th President and shamed politician Richard Nixon was in office from
1969 until he resigned in 1974 to eventually be pardoned by Gerald Ford. Though he was
the President to end the war in Vietnam and subsequently pull American troops out of the
jungle, that was where his liberal views ended. Going on the record, Nixon stated in August
of 1970 that gay marriage was far off; that he was still trying to wrap his head around
interracial marriages for the moment. Almost exactly one year later Nixon went on the record
as saying that homosexuality led to the fall of the Ancient Greek empire and that in certain
more gay friendly parts of San Francisco where he refused to shake hands with residents.
Despite these horrific remarks about LGBTQ people there was still a coalition of gay
individuals in San Francisco that formed with a goal to re-elect Nixon in 1972
5. Ronald Reagan. From 1981 to 1989, Ronald Reagan served as the 40th President of the
United States after serving out his elected position of Governor of California. He had
a lot to do with a complete upheaval of American economics and turned a deficit into a surplus,
but eventually this would backfire. However, what we�re focused on is gay rights, a topic
which Reagan had a lot of opinions. During his initial run for president gay rights had
just become prevalent in the US and Reagan was clear that he could not, and would not,
condone the �alternative lifestyle� of LGBTQ Americans. Many gay rights advocates
were upset with Reagan�s ability to completely ignore the AIDS epidemic that had taken thousands
of lives by the end of the 1980�s to which his administration responded that since homosexuals
and drug addicts were dying of the disease they were simply �getting what they justly
deserve.� During the Reagan administration not one civil rights or LGBTQ rights law was
passed and until his death Reagan was firm on his anti-gay political stance
6. Harry S. Truman. This is the President that approved dropping the atomic bombs on
Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the man who was in power at the mark of the catalyst that began
the Cold War, the 33rd President of the United States from 1945 to 1953. During this time
countless atrocities against the LGBTQ community were also put into law, like the first sodomy
law in the District of Columbia that could lead to up to 10 years in prison and $1,000
in fines. Two years later, Truman signed the Uniform Code of Military Justice into law
which would forbid sodomy among all military personnel, citing any penetration with a person
of the same sex as punishable under the code. This would mark the beginning of the almost
75 year battle to get the homophobic tendencies of the American military repealed and the
lives of LGBTQ forces instead protected by American law. Truman was not a friend of the
LGBTQ community and seemed to have been a starting point for much of the struggle that
the community faced over the years 7. Franklin Roosevelt. Colloquially referred
to as FDR, this is a president that is still well known in modern America. As the 32nd
President of the United States FDR dominated his party and served as a person of strength
for Americans during a terrible economic time. FDR served as President from 1933-1937 during
which he signed both the New Deal and the Second Deal. His second term was from 1937-1941
and in this time FDR pass much less major legislation. Before being elected President
Roosevelt took it upon himself to infiltrate the goings on in the Navy while working as
Assistant Secretary in 1919. In this time he requested an investigation into Naval �vice
and depravity� which launched a sting operation in which Naval officers and seamen were seduced
into homosexual affairs. As a result, 17 sailors were jailed and court-martialed before public
outcry halted the operation. Congress also passed a few homophobic laws while FDR was
in the seat of President which only furthered his Anti-LGBTQ stance on civil rights
8. William Howard Taft. Elected in 1908 as the successor of beloved President Theodore
Roosevelt and served as the 27th President of the United States. Later, President Warren
G. Harding appointed Taft the Chief Justice of the United States where he would serve
almost until his death. Taft was a supporter of Booker T. Washington�s program for the
advancement of African Americans but he gave what some might consider demeaning advice
to the black scholar. Taft let Washington know that �his people� should completely
avoid politics, that there were other places for the African community to thrive. Taft
gave Washington the �free advice� that his people should focus on getting and education
and entrepreneurship before even thinking about getting involved in politics. Aside
from this brief moment of talking down to an African man in power, Taft stayed completely
out of civil rights and issues therein. His ability to ignore what was a very real problem
at the time of his presidency leads us to believe that he would do the same with gay
rights if they had been prevalent at the dawn of the century
9. Warren G. Harding. At the time of his death Warren G. Harding was one of the most beloved
Presidents by the American public, but it turns out he was just good at covering up
scandal. After he passed on Harding�s many illicit affairs were made public and his reputation
will be forever tarnished. Of his most gossiped about scandals was Teapot Dome in which government
officials were accepting bribes for competitive oil rates. This was the biggest scandal in
America before Watergate with Richard Nixon. It was at the 50 year celebration of the founding
of Alabama that Harding spoke in front of 100,000 white and African American citizens.
It was also the first and last time that he would mention civil rights as an issue. Although
previously speaking out against public lynching, Harding received absolute silence after referencing
that African Americans should be allowed to vote; and dropped the issue until his death
10. Gerald Ford. This is a President that gained steam for the feminist movement in
a time that being pro-choice or pro-women�s equality wasn�t that popular with the status
quo. Gerald Ford served the United States as the 38th President during the mid to late
�70s. The politician served as Vice President under Richard Nixon until the disgraced President
resigned in 1974, leaving Ford to serve in his place. He was a controversial President
that pardoned Richard Nixon despite his Watergate scandal and an outcry from the American people.
He also declared the Vietnam war over and helped release the tension of the Cold War
by signing the Helsinki Accords. Ford was a major proponent of Women�s Rights, declaring
August 26 Women�s Rights Day and supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. He fought for
each state to regulate their own abortion laws and came out as pro-choice after his
run as President. Although he was so for women�s rights, when asked about gay rights Ford would
not respond. He admitted there was an issue with LGBTQ rights in the country but wouldn�t
go any farther on the subject; making him neutral and therefore a negative influence
on LGBTQ rights in general 11. Herbert Hoover. The 31st President of
the United States was very focused on ending poverty which was a very relevant domestic
stance to take only three months before the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. Despite
this immediate blow to his presidential reputation Hoover jumped right on planning regulations
over the economic system so that the country could recover from what would eventually turn
into The Great Depression. He also focused much of his political energy on foreign relations
by pulling military and influence out of Latin American countries and mediating between Tanca
and Africa. One thing that Hoover didn�t invest political energies into was civil rights,
although he made certain comments that if the African community could educate themselves
then they could get a rightful place in society. Our guess is that he didn�t mention civil
rights much because he had somewhat racist views on the matter, leading us to believe
that he�d be close minded about LGBTQ rights as well
12. Woodrow Wilson. Born as Thomas Woodrow Wilson, this politician and academic served
as the 28th President of the United States and passed some laws that devastatingly punished
a homosexual lifestyle, specifically in the armed forces. Before being elected in 1913,
Wilson served as Governor of New Jersey where he cleaned up the power, corruption and economic
issues that were plaguing the state. It was when Wilson was entering his second term when
he started to sign bills into law that persecuted the LGBTQ lifestyle. In 1916 Woodrow Wilson
signed the Immigration Act of 1917 that barred individuals deemed �mentally defective�
or those who displayed a �constitutional psychopathic inferiority� from entering
the United States; both of which were medical terms for homosexuality at the time. Aside
from this law Wilson also made �assault with intent to commit sodomy� and sodomy
itself as crimes in the army that were punishable by court-martial. All of these laws persecuted
the lives of LGBTQ and earn Wilson a spot on this despicable list
13. Andrew Johnson. This President was only made the 17th President of the United States
because he was the Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Andrew Johnson was also the very first president to be impeached after which he was acquitted
by the Senate. He was a Southern Unionist and was the only serving Senator from a Confederate
state that didn�t secede from his seat. This made him an obvious running mate for
Lincoln in the election for the 16th President. Although he didn�t secede with the Confederates,
Johnson was against most Amendments and laws that gave rights to African Americans and
former slaves. Many rank him among the very worst Presidents that have served office.
With this information about how racist Johnson is we gather that if gay humans were allowed
to be out in this time period that Andrew Johnson would surely fight their ability to
have equal rights 14. James A. Garfield. The 20th President
of the United States was first elected to the Senate until he was eventually elected
President. His run in office was the shortest ever as the Dark Horse Republican candidate
that was assassinated only three months into his presidential run. Garfield was a major
general in the Union Army and was very against the Confederate secession. He was a mover
and a shaker in his short time spent as President and took on some very heavy hitters in the
US. His main focus in his very short presidency was on removing corruption from the U.S. Postal
Service and control of senatorial power. It was probably this focus that garnered him
enough attention to be assassinated in the first place. With his rigid stance on most
issues leads us to believe that he would be against LGBTQ rights if given the chance but
we are just guessing with this one 15. Barack Obama. Alright, alright, we agree
this one is a bit of a stretch. But in California the election of Barack Obama actually has
been said to have solidified the anti-American and anti-LGBTQ Prop 8 passing. This is because
the ability to vote for an African American president drew out a lot of African American
voters who otherwise might not have casted their ballot. The African American community
is commonly anti-LGBTQ which is why more African American voters meant less rights for gays
that year. Obama also did some great work for LGBTQ rights in his last year as President,
but up until then he hadn�t worked as much of an advocate for the community. Although
the first seven years didn�t give the LGBTQ community much change at least gay marriage
has been legalized and military rule �Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell� has been repealed. We
put Obama on this list begrudgingly, because in the long run he hasn�t been completely
anti-LGBTQ
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