One of the ma issu wh trackg when kids intify as gay is that most people assume that all kids start out straight.
Contents:
- AT WHAT AGE DO KIDS INTIFY AS GAY?
- HERE'S A GREAT WAY TO EXPLA WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GAY TO KIDS
- EXPLAG IT TO YOUR KIDS: WHAT DO 'BEG GAY' MEAN?
- HOW TO EXPLA GAYS TO YOUR CHILD
- HOW DO I KNOW IF MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD IS GAY?
AT WHAT AGE DO KIDS INTIFY AS GAY?
When did you first know that you were gay? Some kids know they are gay high school but don’t tell anyone until years later.
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.
HERE'S A GREAT WAY TO EXPLA WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GAY TO KIDS
The realy is that many kids know they are gay at a younger age than you might expect – even elementary school. They found that one percent of kids ag 9-10 intify as gay, bisexual, or transgenr. 48% of College Stunts Knew They Were Gay High School.
EXPLAG IT TO YOUR KIDS: WHAT DO 'BEG GAY' MEAN?
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. 48% of gay and bisexual llege stunts knew their sexual preferenc high school.
20% of gay and bisexual men knew junr high school pared to six percent of women. 17% of gay and bisexual men knew gra school pared wh 11% of women. This data prov the vast majory of LGBTQ+ kids intify as gay before they leave for llege – or intify their sexual preferenc shortly after.
HOW TO EXPLA GAYS TO YOUR CHILD
There isn’t a that flips when kids turn 18 that term whether or not they are gay. In some s, the olr adults didn’t realize that openg up about beg gay was an optn. One man, Kenh Felts, knew he was gay om the age of 12.
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD IS GAY?
“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.
It’s been one year sce our favore queer web seri for kids lnched wh an episo breakg down gay inty for kids. In celebratn of the “Queer Kid Stuff” one-year anniversary, Amer is releasg a remastered versn of the first episo explag what means to be gay.