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The White House did not name Gauthier Destenay in the photo of the world leaders' spouses.

28 May 2017
By Anna Schaverien

The White House (click here) has come under fire for a sexist Facebook post which named every spouse of the world leaders, except the First Gentleman of Luxembourg.

Gauthier Destenay, husband of Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel was the only partner not to be named in the photo of the spouses, taken at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels.

Many have interpreted the post as a snub against Mr Bettel and Mr Destenay - Europe’s first openly gay political couple....