I'm 14, I'm gay & I want a boyiend | Peter Tatchell

gay at 14

Do you want to fd a boyiend and you're a gay teen? Dependg on where you are the world, n be very difficult to velop somethg ser. Stay strong and know that most teens have trouble datg and you are no exceptn. Come...

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GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

Gay kids are g out earlier — sometim middle school — and many are fdg acceptance. But some parents and teachers wonr if the kids are too young to really know their sexual orientatn. * gay at 14 *

Gay kids are g out earlier — sometim middle school — and many are fdg acceptance. Enuraggly, beg young and openly gay seems to be gettg easier. Denizet-Lewis wr that when he started workg for the gay men's magaze XY 1998, "we received dozens of letters each week om teenagers the pths of spair.

I’M 14, I’M GAY & I WANT A BOYIEND

Fourteen year old Lee tells about first sex, boyiends, g out, paedophilia, and why an age of nsent of 16 won't help unr-age gays like him. * gay at 14 *

" Three years later, he says, "a new kd of gay adolcent was appearg on the page - proud, rilient, sometim even happy.

" He explas, That's not to say that gay teenagers didn't still suffer harassment at school or rejectn at home, but many seemed ls burned wh shame and self-loathg than their olr gay peers. Not only were there creasgly accurate and posive portrayals of gays and lbians popular culture, but most teenagers were by then regular Inter ers.

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