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.
Contents:
- COMG OUT AS GAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- WHEN GOG TO THE STORE WH YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD GAY SON IS A POLIL ACT
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
COMG OUT AS GAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1% of 9- and 10-year-olds say that they may be gay, bisexual, or transgenr, acrdg to a new study published JAMA Pediatrics. 2% of the participants said that they were gay or bi, and 0. 7% said that they were “maybe” gay or bi, and 0.
26% were found to be gay, bi, or transgenr. Related: Y, a 9-year-old n know they are gay.
WHEN GOG TO THE STORE WH YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD GAY SON IS A POLIL ACT
7% said that their 9- or 10-year-old child is “maybe” gay or bi, and another 1.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Calvo said that the data n be ed to help fight homophobia and transphobia. Gay ndidate Chris Pappas ws the Democratic primary for U. This stunt needs 6 creds to graduate, but his school won’t let him bee he’s gay.
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
”Dannielle Owens-Reid and Krist Rso, -founrs of Everyone Is Gay and -thors of This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids, attribute lower g-out ag to the power of reprentatn.
The next generatn is growg up wh gay characters on their televisns, pansexual rappers on their playlists, and queer micro-muni on their Tumblr the change also means that there is a new generatn of fai scramblg to raise LGBT kids who have specific needs and challeng — kids who are growg up a society that, while creasgly LGBT-tolerant, is still plagued by hate crim, job discrimatn, and the more banal, everyday sort of homophobia borne by sual ignorance. “Beg gay was somethg I never really qutned, ” said Chloe Charbonne, a 12-year-old om Stockbridge, Massachetts.
”Like Kate Ree, Chloe spent early childhood sred and nfed about cshg on girls, pecially after beg lled an anti-gay slur for the first time the fourth gra. “From then on, I pretend to like boys, bee I thought that [gay] was a wrong thg to be. They first intified as gay, then, a few months later, also began intifyg as genrls (as a rult, Chloe now prefers “they” and “them” pronouns).