(Viral on Facebook) Lessons from Sharing the Story of My (Possibly) Gay 6-Year old son

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Amelia/gay-children_b_954350.html

-snip

I wrote an essay about my oldest son and his love of a popular gay television character, Glee's Blaine, and how this crush led to him telling me he wanted to kiss boys, not girls. I naively posted it to a blog, thinking some fans of the show might think it was cute.

-snip

snip-

It also made some people uncomfortable. Of the criticisms, the most common is that my son is six years old and doesn't know anything about sex. While I fully acknowledge this may not be the end-all-and-be-all to my son's sexual orientation, I object to the idea that being gay is only about sexual acts. Our emotions and feelings, our attractions and compulsions, all contribute, not just our body parts. If my son had a crush on the star of iCarly, I doubt people would be saying he was too young to have those sexual feelings towards a girl. I think they would think it was an innocent schoolboy crush, which is exactly what it is.

-snip


snip-

Plus, for every comment I've read saying my son is too young, I have received multiple messages from adults saying "I knew when I was little, too."


The horrible and hate filled words of the Michele Bachmann's of the world take on a whole new level of disgusting when picturing them being screamed at a group of kindergartners and first graders. They are unnatural. They are sinners. They are going to hell. They are dirty, wrong and sick.


-snip

Excellent writing and worthy of a read.

[William769]

1. Thanks for posting.

And yes I had a attraction to males before I even knew what sex was all about.

[RKP5637]

4. I used to make up little fantasy stories in my mind at that age and had an attraction well

before I even knew what sex was all about. I was always shocked as I got older that so many people were so F'ed up about sex and all of these ridiculous stereotypes and hatefulness existed. And I still think the same. It's ridiculous.

[Fearless]

2. Couldn't have said it better myself!

[Scuba]

3. When I was four years old I knew....

... that I was attracted to women. I spent countless hours trying to find ways to peek under their skirts and down their dresses. The Sears catalog women's undies section was my favorite plaything.


I'm pretty sure gay kids know too.

[RKP5637]

5. Ah yes, the Sears catalog, that was always fun to peak through. Too funny, at a

very young age I was wondering why they didn't have dirty comic books, how much fun they would be to look through.

[HillWilliam]

6. I certainly did

Internally, I was always comfortable with the idea. What I also knew was if I came out in Appalachia I could have gotten deaded. I left the state and everyone in it so I could live the life I was born to. I stayed gone for 25 years. Except for our looney legislature, nobody much cares these days which I find pretty refreshing.

[xchrom]

7. i can't remember a time i didn't 'know'. nt

[mitchtv]

8. earliest memories

always been attracted to men

[dailey010]

9. I knew

When I was very young as well. However I didn't act on it until I was much older and had joined the military. Wish I had been more comfortable with myself then as I am now.

[dickthegrouch]

10. Ditto, I knew I preferred men at age 6

I also knew enough to send my 4 year-old sister out of the room as I kissed Paul McCartney's or Justin Hayward's pictures on the TV screen
I had no idea what else I wanted to do with them, but I was very well aware that it was them I'd want to do it with.