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Contents:

• 10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
• WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
• WHAT DO GAY MEAN? NEW VIO SERI ANSWERS KIDS' LGBTQ+ QUTNS
• CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
• A GAY KID’S LETTER TO SANTA IS BREAKG THE TER’S HEART

10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS

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Advote for a gay-straight alliance (GSA), which has been shown to make schools safer and boost amic performance among LGBTQ stunts.

WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?

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WHAT DO GAY MEAN? NEW VIO SERI ANSWERS KIDS' LGBTQ+ QUTNS

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CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’

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A GAY KID’S LETTER TO SANTA IS BREAKG THE TER’S HEART

"For example, if someone the word "gay" place of "stupid, " remd them that the two are not terchangeable, and suggt they should say what they actually mean stead.

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