Openly Gay Man To Sign US Currency

[+ Lucky]

Treasury Secretary Scott Besssent will be the first openly gay man to sign US currency. Haven't seen any complaints about it.

[mike carey]

Isn't it normal for the Treasury Secretary of the day to sign banknotes? I can imagine some audiences taking exception to it, but not the audience here. 

[Luv2play]

It’s the president adding his signature which is also unprecedented for a living head of state. 

[Luv2play]

2 hours ago, Lucky said:

Treasury Secretary Scott Besssent will be the first openly gay man to sign US currency. Haven't seen any complaints about it.

Was that  deliberate attempt to add a lisp to his last name? 😆 

[Nue2thegame]

On 3/27/2026 at 11:16 AM, Luv2play said:

It’s the president adding his signature which is also unprecedented for a living head of state. 

Maybe it’s because it was too hard to get the dead ones to sign…..

[Luv2play]

3 hours ago, Nue2thegame said:

Maybe it’s because it was too hard to get the dead ones to sign…..

Au contraire. I believe the signatures of dead presidents are easy to find and use . Some of them signed the Declaration of Independence after all and all the others signed many documents of state.

Otoh, living presidents have not up to now claimed the right to sign while they were in office. The Sec-of Treasury traditionally has signed. 

[+ purplekow]

On 3/27/2026 at 8:16 AM, Luv2play said:

It’s the president adding his signature which is also unprecedented for a living head of state. 

Is he using an autopen?

[Luv2play]

29 minutes ago, purplekow said:

Is he using an autopen?

I would assume he would use his sharpie. Which raises the question whether the $100 dollar bill is big enough to accommodate his signature. 
I remember currency bills in Europe in the 1960’s being supersized. I can see the same happening here.

[mike carey]

2 hours ago, Luv2play said:

I would assume he would use his sharpie. Which raises the question whether the $100 dollar bill is big enough to accommodate his signature. 
I remember currency bills in Europe in the 1960’s being supersized. I can see the same happening here.

So, now there will be inflation in bank notes?

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, mike carey said:

So, now there will be inflation in bank notes?

Yes. Inflated egos.