On this day a send-gra classroom the Midwt, Harvey Milk was on the same stage as Frerick Douglass, Sojourner Tth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as an 8-year-old gay boy who has never seen the need for a closet told Milk's story.
Contents:
- IS AN 8-YEAR-OLD TOO YOUNG TO KNOW HE’S GAY?
- HOW DO I DISCS BEG GAY WH MY 8-YEAR-OLD?
- OUR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HE WAS GAY
- WHEN MY 8-YEAR-OLD GAY SON TGHT HIS CLASS ABOUT HARVEY MILK
- RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS
- YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY
IS AN 8-YEAR-OLD TOO YOUNG TO KNOW HE’S GAY?
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Let’ say you’re the straight mom or dad of a young child who happily tells you they’re gay. My latt lumn for the wonrful folks at My Kid Is Gay offers some “do’s” and “don’ts” to help brg out your bt ner parent that scenar. “My 8-year-old son is self-intifyg as gay.
HOW DO I DISCS BEG GAY WH MY 8-YEAR-OLD?
When my son told he was gay, I wanted to protect him om the meanns of the world, but I also uldn’t image askg him to hi who he really is. * is my 8 year old gay *
He has grown up a hoehold where sexualy is openly discsed and his nt is gay.
I asked him if he unrstood what gay meant and he said, “Um, Mom, I want to marry a boy when I grown up. First off, I want to ngratulate you and your hband for creatg a gay-posive environment your home.
OUR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HE WAS GAY
* is my 8 year old gay *
His simple explanatn of wantg to marry a boy when he grows up reflects an unrstandg of what the possibili are for love, and how natural is to be gay.
WHEN MY 8-YEAR-OLD GAY SON TGHT HIS CLASS ABOUT HARVEY MILK
Most people thk that gay people e out as teenagers (or later), and that they uldn’t possibly know about sexualy before puberty. Your son’s answer about what means to be gay also mak me wonr if maybe he has a csh on another boy.
RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS
That tends to be te even when there’s someone the fay who’s gay, like his nt. It sounds to me like you and/or your hband assumed your eight year old was straight, and now that he’s told you otherwise, wh a good grasp of what means to be gay, you are surprised and don’t unrstand how he uld know that at his age.
YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY
Some parents worry about their child beg happy or havg a difficult life bee they’re gay. So if you’re among them, here are a few Do’s and Don’ts I have for you on how to proceed as the parents of a happily out, gay 8-year-old. Later, he told he was gay and later still as nonbary.
DO: Love him unndnally, whether he’s gay, bisexual, or straight. You might be surprised to learn there was a time gap between when she realized she was gay and when she first told someone.
Talkg to other gay people, too, n help put the g out age perspective for you.