They have to get more narrow as time goes on to claim a first. For example, prior to her election Kamala Harris could not claim to be the first or even second woman VP candidate--that went to Geraldine Ferraro and then Sarah Palin decades ago. Nor could they claim first black on a major party ticket--Obama took care of that. So it was first minority female VP candidate. It's well and good to note non white male heterosexual achievement, but Fuller is an example of how much the media have to strain to come up with such stories today.