to come out

I'm two years past nineteen, and "-teen" is no longer affixed to my age, but Time is covering The Battle Over Gay Teens. The gay teens, pari passu by virtue of their existence, are challenging the assumptions of both the Left and the Right. The Left should begin to recognize this growing population instead of ignoring them until they turn 18. The Right should recognize them as people who are converted by some recruiters.

Note that just like me a long time ago, these people don't want to identify themselves as "gay" simply because of the negative connotations associated. Moreover, it may not even by the right word to describe people who might be so-called "polysexual," "fluid" or even "queer." What's wrong with that word? It's like trying out negroes, then blacks, then African Americans, and then Afro-Americans. Pick one and stick with it. (Just kidding.)

What surprises me is that the boys recognize they were of a different sexuality at 10, while girls at 12. For me, it's always been that I had this marriage scene in my head of belonging to the groom. And if not, I always considered myself from a very early age (possibly 11) that I might want to marry a fat girl just to be nice to her because I had little attraction to girls at all. I don't know why I was thinking that way.

It mentioned the Facebook too, always a cool thing.