increasing gay/bi/trans/queer visibility & acceptance will naturally lead to more people coming out, and to more teens identifying as queer. because:
- it’s safer
- it’s a real option
- they know there are other people like them
- they know their identity exists
- they have a name to put to their internal experiences
and anyone who is worried this will “turn their kids gay,” actually means “my kids won’t be forced, by fear and terror, to closet themselves.”
and they see this as a bad thing.
anyone who says “gay people in the media will influence my kids” actually means “my kids will think it’s ok to be gay, and will expect me to love them regardless”
