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b'The United States of America\'s first gay \\u2013 and worst \\u2013 President. This bumbling slaveholder collaborated with the Confederacy, promoted the racist Dred Scott decision at the Supreme Court, and cohabited in Washington with a dashing Alabama Senator who, in the words of President Andrew Jackson was the "Aunt Nancy" to his "Aunt Fancy."\\xa0\\n----more----\\n\\n\\nLike our show? Support us, buy cute shirts, and check out past episodes at\\xa0www.badgayspod.com/\\nSources:\\n\\nBaker, Jean H. James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861. Macmillan, 2004.\\n\\xa0\\nBalcerski, Thomas J. Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Oxford University Press, 2019.\\n\\xa0\\nBuchanan, James. Inaugural Address, March 4, 1857:\\xa0https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-4-1857-inaugural-address\\n\\xa0\\nKatz, Jonathan. Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality. University of Chicago Press, 2001.\\n\\xa0\\nWatson, Robert P. Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789\\u20131900. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.\\n\\xa0\\nOur intro music is\\xa0Arpeggia Colorix\\xa0by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU\'s Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons\\xa0Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ\\xa0Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.'