“My mind is androgynous to a great extent and I hope to make it more so until I can think in terms of people, not women as opposed to men,” he wrote, according to the NYP. “But, in returning to the body, I see that I have been made a man, and physically in life, I choose to accept that contingency.”

Moreover, Garrow wrote in “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama” about the former president’s two years at Occidental College and his close relationship with his openly gay assistant professor Lawrence Goldyn.

Divorce rumors arose as the former first lady did not attend the funeral of late President Jimmy Carter and President Donald Trump’s inauguration in quick succession in January. However, she asserted during the podcast that she had never weighed divorcing the former president.

“There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting on my man. And we’ve had some really hard times … a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures,” the former first lady said. “And I have become a better person because of the man I’m married to.”