Did you know that the United States has already had a gay First Lady? It's true! Rose Cleveland acted as First Lady for a brief time during her brother, Grover Cleveland's, first term in the White House. But being the First Lady didn't interest her. Rose went off to find her own adventures, and what she found was an epic love!

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