Your answer to the parent a "gay-acting" kid neglected to address a not-so-remote possibility: that identifying as gay isn't (just) about the avoidance of bullying, but that it may be part of a longer coming out process. Gay acceptance may have advanced in light years compared to when I was being bullied in school, but I still find it to…
Your answer to the parent a "gay-acting" kid neglected to address a not-so-remote possibility: that identifying as gay isn't (just) about the avoidance of bullying, but that it may be part of a longer coming out process. Gay acceptance may have advanced in light years compared to when I was being bullied in school, but I still find it too incredulous to believe that a teenaged boy would pretend to be gay for this reason. There's surely more to this story.
Your answer to the parent a "gay-acting" kid neglected to address a not-so-remote possibility: that identifying as gay isn't (just) about the avoidance of bullying, but that it may be part of a longer coming out process. Gay acceptance may have advanced in light years compared to when I was being bullied in school, but I still find it too incredulous to believe that a teenaged boy would pretend to be gay for this reason. There's surely more to this story.