One of the ma issu wh trackg when kids intify as gay is that most people assume that all kids start out straight.
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AT WHAT AGE DO KIDS INTIFY AS GAY?
* at what age does someone know they are gay *
One of the ma issu wh trackg when kids start to intify as gay is that most people assume that all kids start out straight. The realy is that many kids know they are gay at a younger age than you might expect – even elementary school. While a portn of kids intify as gay elementary school, what is the age when most kids e out as gay?
That beg said, some rearchers om the Sexualy Informatn and Edutn Council of the Uned Stat talked wh llege stunts who intify as gay and bisexual to learn when they were aware of their sexual preferenc. This data prov the vast majory of LGBTQ+ kids intify as gay before they leave for llege – or intify their sexual preferenc shortly after. “As long as I was the closet, all of my cisns — both nsc and subnsc — were guid by not wantg people to know I was gay, ” Felts told the Washgton Post.
THREE INSIGHTS OM PEOPLE WHO REALIZED THEY WERE GAY LATER LIFE
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Taylor shar the story of a viral 3-year-old boy who plays wh dolls, lov drsg up as Elsa om Disney's Frozen, and clar that he is gay. The kids that played wh toys not meant for their genr were much more likely to be homosexual 12 years later.
There are boys who play wh dolls and end up straight, as well boys who didn't and are gay. Of the llege stunts they surveyed, 26% of self-intified gay and bisexual llege stunts beme aware of their sexual preference llege, 48% high self-intified gay and bisexual men, 20% knew junr high school, and 17% knew gra school. Wh women, 6% knew junr high school, and 11% knew gra a 3-year-old don't fully unrstand what beg gay means (even the nt admted that he uld change his md the future), a fay allowg their son to fearlsly be whoever he wants to be om such an early age uld be monumental his formative years.
As I relayed When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterlg, 2016), I found out that my son was gay om a note wh our son's name entwed wh another boy's, surround by a heart.