George W Bush’s daughter tried to convince him to support gay rights

George W Bush’s daughter Barbra has revealed that she tried to convince her dad to support LGBT rights.

President Bush was a notorious opponent of LGBT rights during his time in office, with his administration battling against legal recognition for same-sex couples and defending a ban on gay people in the military.

But the Republican leader’s views were not always shared by his family members.

Former first daughter Barbra Bush revealed her confrontation with her dad in new book Sisters First, written alongside her sister Jenna.

In the book, she reveals arguing with her father about gay people’s rights, when she was aged 16.

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She said: “I believed that one conversation would be all it took to change is mind.”

Ms Bush added that while she believed her father was generally “accepting and tolerant” of others, he was “not comfortable with the idea of gay marriage and its implications”.

Barbara explained that her dad remained calm during the clash, but she ended up storming off after getting annoyed by his inflexibility.

She said: “My dad may not have changed his mind that evening, but neither did he try to change mine.”

Barbara eventually went public for her support for equality in 2011, aged 29.