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IS AN 8-YEAR-OLD TOO YOUNG TO KNOW HE’S GAY?
One of the ma issu wh trackg when kids intify as gay is that most people assume that all kids start out straight. * gay at 8 *
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.
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.
AT WHAT AGE DO KIDS INTIFY AS GAY?
Gay8 Ftival is a FREE Lato LGBTQ mic, food, and arts street ftival Miami's Ltle Havana. Jo on Febary 20th, 2022! * gay at 8 *
First off, I want to ngratulate you and your hband for creatg a gay-posive environment your home. 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.
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.