"Who are you going to pick for your Gay History Month report?" asked Julian.
Tommy sighed. He hadn't bothered to pick anyone yet. He threw out the first name that came to mind. "Uh... maybe Harvey Milk?"
"No, you can't do Harvey," interjected Landon. "The teacher said she doesn't want any more of those. I guess he's all milked out!"
Landon laughed, but it was an uncomfortable laugh - the kind of laugh that wondered if he had gone too far. Tommy caught Landon glancing at over at April, one of the school's most prominent SJWs, to see if she disapproved. April never looked up from her homework and, more importantly, she wasn't reaching for her dreaded notebook. A good sign. Just to be safe, Landon quickly added, "Figuratively speaking, of course!"
Tommy could see that Julian still wanted an answer, so he deflected instead. "Who are you going to do?"
"Eisenhower," said Julian like his answer was a coup de grace.
Tommy was confused. "Eisenhower wasn't gay, was he?"
Julian smiled. "The teacher said that if we can make a strong case that the person had homosexual tendencies or was in the closet, it will count. Last year, my sister did Reagan and got an A+!"
"Your sister proved Reagan was gay?" giggled Landon. "That's awesome! How'd she do that?"
"Three words," said Julian. "Bedtime. For. Bonzo."
Tommy had no idea what connection Julian's sister found between that movie and Reagan's sexuality, but April was now looking up, directly at him, measuring his response. Her left hand lay lightly on her notebook.
"Yeah, yeah," Tommy said. "Cool. I guess then maybe I'll do John Wayne."
"Nice!" exclaimed Landon.
April's hand slid off her notebook.