Adolcence n be a ighteng perd for young gay men, who are sudnly faced wh new sexual feelgs that n often nflict wh social prsur placed on them by fay, iends, and the media. Mike Curato explor this tumultuo perd his new Godw Books graphic novel, Flamer, a semi-tobgraphil…
Contents:
- A GAY TEEN DISVERS HIMSELF AT SUMMER MP THIS FLAMER FIRST LOOK
- HOW N I MEET OTHER GAY TEENS LIKE MYSELF?
A GAY TEEN DISVERS HIMSELF AT SUMMER MP THIS FLAMER FIRST LOOK
There's a way to burst through the shame gay men are ma to feel about homosexualy. * teens go gay *
When lookg back, most homosexual teens realize that they have felt different as early as five years of age.
Puberty is generally when kids beg to thk that they might be gay bee of their attractn to members of the same sex.
"Young gay people often go through a stage where they label themselv bisexual as a way to give themselv more optns, " says Dr.
HOW N I MEET OTHER GAY TEENS LIKE MYSELF?
It is not mon for homosexual adolcents to e out durg this perd of inty nfn. A lonely way of life n e about pecially if their muny do not have an active gay youth subculture.
Studi show that most homosexuals did not fully accept their sexualy until their late teens or at some pot their twenti. This uld be due to the social prejudice and discrimatn (stigma) agast homosexualy. In one study nducted onle, of almost two thoand gays and bisexuals age twenty-five and unr, the average age to reveal homosexualy was sixteen.
Homosexual teens tend to not fully beg datg until out of high school, livg alone or livg a cy wh a large gay populatn. I went wh my brother, who is also gay, and I loved gettg to be there wh him.