Hey, here's an idea.
This is, as far as I know, completely totally ASB, but let's run with it:
What if, during his second term, Ronald Reagan himself had publicly come out of the closet?
I think that's more likely to bring about the wanted result. America is more socially conservative at that time, so it will have more impact. It's going to create utter shock but the man just about died. Any hateful reaction to him is going to be severely muted.Good point.
OK, let's say this happened after the attempted assassination on his life in 1981. He decides he "doesn't want to live a lie anymore" and that the American people deserve the truth.