Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140818053714/@comment-24219008-20140822041028

MetallicArcher wrote: We were talking about LGBT kids.

I mean, if my memory doesn't fail me, all kids have they first crushes during kindergarten/primary school. Why would LGBT kids be any different? I, myself, honestly can't recall having a crush on a girl before middle school, as my first crushes were boys, but that's because my parents had practically ingrained the idea into my head that I'm a girl and that I'm "supposed" to like boys, so it wasn't until I actually went through a couple of boyfriends that I realized I just wasn't comfortable around them, and that those really strong feelings I had for some of my really close female friends were, in fact, more than "friendly".... So, for me, the process was a little different and elongated, but I know some people who have pretty much known since they were 5 that they were gay.

Point is, it's not something you just "decide" when you're in high school because this guy or this girl treated you a certain way that you would never forget (another one of my parents' ideas, blech). It's something you just know, and for some kids, that happens very early on. It's not something they should be ashamed of, like Americans keep trying to teach us.