{"id":15691,"date":"2012-02-17T14:59:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15691"},"modified":"2012-02-17T14:59:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T19:59:47","slug":"7-year-old-announces-he-is-gay-mother-believes-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/7-year-old-announces-he-is-gay-mother-believes-him\/","title":{"rendered":"7 year old announces he is gay, mother believes him"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Considering that my son has a longstanding crush on Glee<\/em>‘s Blaine and regularly refers to him as “my boyfriend,” I thought there was a fair chance that he would someday say, “I’m gay.” But my kid is only 7 years old. I figured I had a few years before we crossed that threshold (if we ever did), probably when he was 14 or 15. I never thought it would happen this soon.<\/p>\n

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It’s amazing, but it’s also shocking. How many people have a 7-year-old come out to them? A lot of people don’t know how to react, and I don’t blame them. Before my son, I’d never met a child who came out this young — and we don’t know anyone else who has. The mere idea of children having a sexual orientation makes people uncomfortable. It’s something we don’t think about (or just don’t like to).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, it is<\/em> shocking: why would a mother allow her 7 year old to watch Glee<\/em> and why would it amaze her that junior has been influenced by Glee\u2019s glamorisation of homosexuality?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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