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[quote=Anonymous]Actual queer person here.  You’re probably fine, OP.  Almost everyone I know in the queer community came out to their parents later than their friends and often way later than they knew themselves.  It’s not a judgement on the parents so much as a sign of how important the parental relationship is.  Coming out is hard and scary, especially to people whose opinions you care about even if you’re so totally sure they’ll be accepting.  For teens there’s the added layer omg I don’t want to talk about anything even remotely sex adjacent with my *parents*.  What you might consider is start using gender neutral terms when you talk about her future/dating rules.  That creates a space where she can come out without like assigning a conversation to actually coming out if you know what I mean?

Also she might not be gay; she might just be a late bloomer or bi or ace or anything other perfectly normally straight and sometimes it takes kids longer to figure out for themselves what they are if it’s not 100% straight or 100% gay.[/quote]

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