Do gay males enjoy having lots of straight female friends and, if so, why?

There is an attractive, successful gay male on Facebook who has 100 female friends. He posts xxoo to them, “likes” their posts and sometimes calls them on the phone. He’s a wonderful man from what I can see . Why do you think he appears to want many female friends? I am not criticizing him; I think a lot of him and feel good about our “friendship” but I don’t “get it.”