Former Prez Obama Proclaims: Dudes Need Gay Friends

Actually, good friends who are trustworthy (or at least honest about being scumbags) are probably more important than satisfying any kind of demographic requirement . . . Nevertheless, whilst not quite local . . . This bit of advice from the former Commander-In-Chief is worthy of consideration . . . 

During his guest appearance on his wife and brother-in-law's podcast, the former president discussed raising "emotionally intelligent" young men and why boys need male figures other than their fathers in their lives . . .

The ex-president argued that men need LGBTQ friends to model kindness and empathy and to be a role model to their own kids, who may come out as gay or non-binary.

"You need that, to show empathy and kindness," he continued. "And by the way, you need that person in your friend group, so that if you then have a boy who is gay or non-binary or whatever, they have somebody that they can go, 'Okay, I'm not alone in this,' right? So that, I think, is creating that community. I know it's corny, but that's what they need."

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Barack Obama says men need gay friends to teach empathy, be role models to kids

Former President Barack Obama urged men to have gay friends as role models for their kids and to teach them kindness, during a podcast appearance this week.

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