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Why Barbara Bush had a change of heart on gender nonconforming issues in her 90s
When Jenna Bush Hager was asked what would surprise people most about her grandmother Barbara Bush, the "TODAY" show co-host revealed that the former first lady had some surprisingly evolving views.
During an appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” to promote her new book, “Everything Beautiful in Its Time,” Hager explained that despite organism labeled a conservative, her grandmother was actually quite contemporary.
“My grandmother Barbara I think was kind of misunderstood. I think mainly because of the way she looked and some of the things she said, people consideration she was a throwback, but she was actually caring of modern,” Hager told host Andy Cohen. “She loved my grandfather so much, but she, even when he was president, she didn't agree publicly with everything that he did or said.”
“One of the things that I learned about her in writing this book is that she changed her views even in her 90s,” Hager added, sharing an anecdote about how her grandmother changed her mind about transgender issues after a lunch conversation with the historian Tim Naftali.
"If a 90-year-old woman can sit wit
Barbara Bush Supports Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Washington - Today the Human Rights Campaign - the nation's largest lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization - released a new video in the "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" campaign featuring Barbara Bush, the daughter of President George W. Bush. In the video she says, "I'm Barbara Bush and I'm a New Yorker for marriage equality. New York is about fairness and equality and everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love. Join us." View the video at www.hrc.org/NY4marriage.
"Americans from all walks of life are increasingly supportive of the basic right to equal marriage," said HRC President Joe Solmonese. "Barbara Bush's advocacy shows that equality knows no party label."
The video comes on the heels of two New York polls showing a majority of New Yorkers assist marriage equality. A Siena Study Institute Poll earlier this month found 57 percent of Recent Yorkers support marriage for gay couples and another poll last week by Quinnipiac University had support at 56 percent.
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[Press release: Barbara Bush supports gay family values]
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Barbara Bush Campaigns for Same-Sex Marriage Rights
Feb. 1, 2011— -- Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has connected her mother and a growing number of former administration officials in publicly expressing support for same-sex marriage.
Bush, who has never commented publicly on the issue, appears in a new online PSA video for the Human Rights Campaign, a same-sex attracted rights group.
"I'm Barbara Bush and I'm a New Yorker for marriage equality," she says. "New York is about fairness and equality and everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love. Join us."
The video, part of a series featuring high-profile New Yorkers, comes as rights advocates make a renewed push to legalize same-sex marriage in the Empire State, after the legislature blocked such a step in December 2009.
Bush has also added herself to a growing list of high-profile conservatives with ties to the Bush administration who possess recently spoken out in favor of extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, former first lady Laura Bush, former Solicitor General Ted Olson and 2004 Bush campaign manager