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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guessing you live on a coast and have a loving home. This is normal for tween and teen girls now. It may last, it may not. It didn’t for my DD. She is an older teen now, only dates and talks about boys and never mentioned it again. So absolutely you said all the right things and it’s great to be supportive but unfortunately there is an epidemic of gay and trans “coming out” in girls of your daughters age. [/quote]

I’m so tired of people saying this. It really trivializes the thoughts and emotions of preteen and teenage girls, as if they aren’t capable of understanding their own thoughts and making their own decisions. Could it be some kind of fad/phase? Maybe. But that’s not a reason to dismiss or diminish what your daughter says to you. All you have to do is be accepting and supportive! It’s not hard![/quote]

But there is a fad right now. There truly is. I know no less than 6 families whose tweens or early teens have labeled themselves as pan-sexual, bisexual or gay in the last two months alone - and I'm an introvert who doesn't know many people.

I think it's because so many are on social media where they are watching others label themselves. Are they LBGQT+? maybe. Time will tell. It's the labeling which I don't think it developmentally appropriate at the age of 9-10. My daughter asked me this weekend if I knew that JoJo Siwa was a lesbian. I told her, "yes." and I looked in the rear view mirror to see her face with clearly deep thought going on. Lol.  All I could think was that it was JoJo Siwa and let's not compare ourselves to her for anything.

OP, you did great. Keep communication open and wait for what the years may bring. There were alot of things I thought at age 11 that didn't end up being accurate - but some did. It's nice to know your parents will be supportive no matter what.

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