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.
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GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
Direct your attentn to that ltle gay kid. See her over there jumpg off the swg set and breakg her leg? See her bg her hair straight back after she gets out of the shower hop of lookg like a bsman? See her llectg Kens (bee that’s who gets to date Barbie)? * little gay kids *
Direct your attentn to that ltle gay kid.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
Here was my boy actg on his feelgs, givg a gift to another boy he thought was attractive. But as much as I thought was adorable, I also dread moments like the, bee as the father of a gay child, the only thg that really worri me is other people's potential reactns to him. * little gay kids *
Kev Sorbo jos J as men nceled for Christian beliefsOffEnglishI was that ltle gay kid. As this Halloween approach, I ask that you take a moment and reflect upon the ntributns of the ltle gay kid, to your life and to the world.
Perhaps you grew up unable to tect the ltle gay kids around you and fd this statement puzzlg. Whatever your childhood realy, ltle gay kids were there wh you, a fact that pops a big old hole one of the most ed arguments agast equal marriage. “We gotta protect the kids om the gays!
” some Inter pastor will shout, as if myself and other big gay adults sprang fully formed om the forehead of gay Zs.
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I was a ltle gay kid, never different than how I am today, and there’s some power that. From Punky Brewster to Fried Green Tomato’ Idgie Threadgoo, the entertament dtry has been ppg ltle gay kid steeze and btowg upon the olt of the preteen set for que a while.
Punky may not have been an explicly gay character, but she gave off the plucky, n-do--a-vt vibe you’d fd a womyn-only munal livg space Portland, Oregon. If Fried Green Tomato teach anythg, ’s that ltle gay kids are pretty much the reason women n wear pants and—si note—that Cicely Tyson n do whatever she damn well, so we were there, subtly fluencg your fashn choic, but why is Halloween our special day?
Well, ltle gay kids ph boundari out of necsy—they’re creative and novative as a means of survival. Ltle gay kids are kids first and foremost, and kids don’t have the words or means to intify sexualy.