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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, OP. That's got to be hard for both him and you.

Kids have teased my now 15-year-old about being gay, bi,, trans and everything in between for years. It has mostly faded away now. He's straight and likes girls, and is big, muscular, and athletic but he's also very soft spoken and gentle. He has a speech impediment and can be a bit jerky with some everyday movements so he's often quite deliberate in how he speaks and moves. I think all of this added up to being why he was teased. Kids can be such jerks.

The best defense for him seems to have been o act bored or change the subject. He has no problem w/gay, bi, or any other orientation (sorry if that's the wrong word), and he thinks the kids that teased him are total dumba$$es so not worth the emotional energy.

With regard to supporting him, I have learned to ask if he just wants me to listen or if he wants advice, and have gotten better about not just jumping in and reacting. I'm a natural fixer so it was a very steep learning curve, but doable even though I still have to apologize for jumping in at full speed sometimes when there's a problem. When I jump in emotionally, it throws him so I have to practice a calm listening face.[/quote].  OP here this is exactly my son you and I are in same boat. He is but gentle and has speech issues very minor. That has him classified as gay .[/quote]

So a gay man can’t be “ tall muscular handsome” as you describe your son? Please realize how tone deaf you are. Gay kids are made fun of for who they literally are. For just existing. [/quote] OP here no I didn’t mean it that way. Was trying to draw similarities with the other poster here son is the same as she describes him facing same problems.  I have worked with and been friends with some gay men and some of them are muscular and handsome.[/quote]

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