
In 2023, a 1982 letter written by a 21-year-old Obama to a former girlfriend, Alex McNear, resurfaced. In the letter, Obama wrote, "In regard to homosexuality, I must say that I believe this is an attempt to remove oneself from the present, a refusal perhaps to perpetuate the endless farce of earthly life. You see, I make love to men daily, but in the imagination".