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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im 17 and graduating this year

I've known I was gay since I knew what gay meant (I was 8)

I asked a boy out during my junior year and was outed, lost almost all of his friends

none of my family know [/quote]

I don’t by that a boy lost his friends because he was asked out by another boy. That is in no way consistent with what I know about teens today. If anything, they tend to be overly performative in demonstrating tolerance and acceptance of gay kids.[/quote]OP here again, I’d like to think I know more about my own generation, considering these are the people I interact with for 7 hours a day at school and my job and at camps and sports than an adult. [/quote]

I have two teens and coach two teams and am a youth leader at church. So I know you would like to think something, but we all have our perspectives. I am sorry you experienced this but it still doesn’t track that another boy would be ostracized because you asked him out. How would they know? Why would that result in ostracism?[/quote]
I'm going to emphasize this again, there is a difference between accepting someone and being tolerant vs. being that person's friend

I NEVER got bullied or harassed, but these guys do not want to be friends anymore. Regardless of how far we've come, being seen with a gay guy too much starts rumors that you are gay too. [/quote]

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