Raising Emotionally Intelligent Boys? Barack Obama Says The Answer May Lie With Queer Friendships

Barack Obama Stresses The Importance Of Men Having LGBTQ+ Friends

Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Former President Barack Obama believes that young men need to have well-rounded role models.  During an appearance on his wife’s, Michelle Obama’s, podcast IMO, which she co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, Barack noted that it’s important to have many examples to raise “emotionally intelligent, competent men.” “There are some particular issues with boys that as a society we are not addressing,” Barack sa…

Obama claims young men need gay friends for ‘empathy and kindness’

Former President Barack Obama isn’t doing his reputation any favors, as during a recent appearance on his wife’s podcast, he took the opportunity to explain why young men need to have gay friends in their life.“That’s one of the things that I think a lot of times boys need, is not just exposure to one guy, one dad. No matter how good the dad is, he can’t be everything,” Obama told Michelle. “And that boy may need somebody to give the boy some pe…

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Boys? Barack Obama Says The Answer May Lie With Queer Friendships

The former US president has long stood as an ally of the LGBTQ+ community.

Barack Obama Explains Why Men Need Friend Groups With Queer People

Former President Barack Obama detailed why he beleives men should have more diverse friend groups with gay and nonbinary people.

Obama Says Gay Men Need To Be Role Models For Kids In Comments That Set Off Social Media Firestorm - The American Tribune.com

In a controversial appearance on his wife’s podcast, former President Barack Obama urged young men to view gay men as role models in remarks that many saw as misguided. Obama argued that children need LGBTQ role models to teach them empathy and kindness in a bizarre podcast appearance. For context, he criticized his party for abandoning positive aspects of traditional masculinity and focusing too much on “what’s going on with the boys instead of…

Barack Obama's gay college professor taught him 'kindness'

Barack Obama has shared that one of his 'role models' growing up was an out gay college professor who showed him 'empathy and kindness'