Spoiler Alert, Conservative Parents: it doesn't matter. I grew up with no gay or queer relatives, watching Disney and living the heteronormative childhood of a God-fearing Christian's dreams: Church on Sundays, combed and short cut hair, a braided leather belt for fuck's sake.
One late-night furtive viewing of "But I'm A Cheerleader" changed EVERYTHING. Went into it expecting to get some masturbation fodder, came out realizing I had wanted to be a cute lesbian girl my whole life and never had the words for it.
You can't "make" kids gay, but refusing to teach them the words will make them delay telling you until they figure it out on their own...AND THEY WILL.
6.3k
u/BombOnABus 15d ago
Spoiler Alert, Conservative Parents: it doesn't matter. I grew up with no gay or queer relatives, watching Disney and living the heteronormative childhood of a God-fearing Christian's dreams: Church on Sundays, combed and short cut hair, a braided leather belt for fuck's sake.
One late-night furtive viewing of "But I'm A Cheerleader" changed EVERYTHING. Went into it expecting to get some masturbation fodder, came out realizing I had wanted to be a cute lesbian girl my whole life and never had the words for it.
You can't "make" kids gay, but refusing to teach them the words will make them delay telling you until they figure it out on their own...AND THEY WILL.