https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/27/white-house-photo-caption-same-sex-spouse-luxembourg-pm
At the NATO summit in Brussels last week the partners of world leaders gathered for a photo. The group included Gautier Destenay, who is husband of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Battel. The Prime Minister of Luxembourg is the worlds only openly gay world leader.
The photo was celebrated across the world as a symbol of LGBT equality.
When the White House published the photo on their official Facebook page each of the partners was named apart from Gautier, who's name was missing from the list. Gautier's name was added to the list later.
Who do you think is in the photo?
What do you notice about the people?
Explain the story
- Why is this photo important?
- What does this photo show us about attitudes towards gay people today?
- When Gautier's name was missed off the list of people it could have been a mistake, but what is the consequence of that mistake? What does it look like?
- Why do you think the list was later changed to include Gautier's name?
- If there is only one openly gay world leader and all the other partners in the photo are women, what else does this photo show us about world leaders? (they are all men)
- What can we learn from this photo?
- Why is this photo about No Outsiders? Is it about No Outsiders?
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