White House Adds Name of Luxembourg's Gay First Gentleman to Caption After Online Outrage

[DonViejo]

by Josh Feldman | 9:20 pm, May 27th, 2017

The White House has added the name of the First Gentleman of Luxembourg to a photo caption after online backlash to his name not being included.

This was the official photo posted to the White House Facebook page earlier today:



The photo was taken at the NATO conference in Brussels, and it included Gauthier Destenay, the spouse of Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg. The initial caption read thusly:

<First Lady Melania Trump poses with Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, center, and other spouses of NATO leaders: First Lady Emine Erdoğan of Turkey; Iceland’s Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir; the First Lady of France Brigitte Trogneux; First Lady Melania Trump; Slovenia’s Mojca Stropnik; Bulgaria’s Desislava Radeva; Belgium’s Amélie Derbaudrenghien, and Norway’s Ingrid Schulerud, during their visit Thursday, May 25, 2917, at the Royal Palace in Brussels. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)>

But Destenay’s name is left out of that, and people had some questions why:

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[riversedge]

1. lordy, fix the date also!

[DonViejo]

2. You expect waaaaaaay too much from Trumpty Dumpty and his team of

half backed and/or cracked eggs

[Beartracks]

3. 2917 is approximately when conservatives expect to officially recognize gay marriage.

Oh, who am I kidding!

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[Beartracks]

4. Who posed this picture?

Why is the shortest person in the back? Even on the step, she's still practically invisible.

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[suffragette]

5. Glad they were called out on this. Would be better if they had included him in the caption

In the first place instead of mentioning Melania twice.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Aside from omitting M. Destenay...

why is Melodrama dressed for a cocktail party while the other women are wearing normal dresses?

[DonViejo]

7. Life's one big cocktail party when you're a Trump!

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. I think he'd be the one you avoid at cocktail parties.

Does he walk around with two scoops of ice cream in lieu of a drink?

[Txbluedog]

9. He's not the First Gentleman of Luxembourg

He's just the spouse of the Prime Minister. The First Lady of Luxembourg is HRH The Grand Duchess Maria Theresa

[L. Coyote]

10. kick for visibility