# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMQidXXsnT8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32964602-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-18T18:00:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Barack Obama has spoken out on the importance of having gay men role models.

On an episode of the IMO podcast with his wife Michelle Obama, Barack recounted a story about a gay professor he had in college.

"He became one of my favourite professors and would call me out when I started saying stuff that was ignorant."

He went on to talk about the importance of having that person in your life: "If you have a boy who comes out as gay or non-binary or whatever, they have someone that they can go to".

#BarackObama #Obama #LGBTQNews #RoleModels

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barackobama, rolemodels, obama, lgbtqnews

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