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[quote=Anonymous]My now 11 year old son told me when he was 9 that he was gay. This was after a year of talking about a girl he had a crush on. He later told me it was a cover!

I suspected he might be gay but I was shocked to get the news at that age. We are also very liberal and my son was raised in an environment where he hopefully knew he'd be accepted.

My advice has always been that when you fall in love, you will know and you won't be thinking about gender. When you are older, you will just know who it is you want to date.

Age 9 or even now at 11, is just too young to do anything about crushes so I don't think there is much to do about it right now.

I do think he very much wants to come out to friends at school but after a few people have made fun of him and even hit him when they suspected he was gay, he's listening to us for now to keep his feelings it to himself and open up only in safe environments.

I'm not sad at all that my child is gay but I'm scared for his safety and I tell him that it influences a lot of what I say. [/quote]

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