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        WATCH: West Hollywood Men Give Advice to Gay Youth
    The gayborhood residents offer life lessons to young people.
 Daniel Reynolds
          
          Jan 24, 2016
          
        
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The men of West Hollywood want to "Gay It Forward."
This is the title of a new YouTube video from Cocktails & Cocktalk, which asked residents of the Los Angeles gayborhood to pass on pearls of wisdoms to young gay men.
Over a dozen men offered advice, ranging from self-eseem encouragement like "be confident," to lifestyle choices like "delete Grindr."
Watch the video below, and feel free to leave your own life lessons in the comments.

        
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WATCH: West Hollywood Men Give Advice to Gay Youth

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