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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the responses.  Most are very reassuring, but it seems like more of you have out daughters.  Any sense of whether it's different for boys?  I imagine boys in general being less tolerant/open to friendship, though hopefully that isn't the case.[/quote]

DS is in high school and, I believe, has recently started to come out to male friends.  He's an athlete, and hung out mostly with other male athletes previously.  It seems like over the past couple of months as he's come out to them, most of them have pulled away. Not being mean or bullying, just not inviting him or socializing with him much.  He hangs out almost exclusively with girls now.  He doesn't talk to us about it, but I think it's pretty difficult.[/quote]

My gay son hasn’t had that problem.  BUT, he isn’t an athlete. He is involved in band and drama. Those kids just tend to be more accepting in general.  At least that’s been my experience. My oldest (not gay) was a jock -  football, basketball, and track.  Those kids could be really unkind.  There is a lot of bullying in sports, unfortunately. The same is true with JROTC. I blame coaches and teachers for tolerating it. [/quote]

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