After Tim Cook became CEO of a major corporation and came out as openly gay, the hammer dropped by women against all these sexual harassers in the work place.
Roger Ailes
Les Moonves
Matt Lauer
Tavis Smiley
Charlie Rose
Charles Payne
Bill Cosby
Harvey Weinstein
Based on my intelligence sources, they were preparing for any defense these men could come up with such as having to sexual harass women to avoid accusation of being gay. Being gay is not a protected class and you can be fired for that reason. A gay president would further solidify that you don't have to sexual harass women to prove you are heterosexual.