Comments on: Difficult, 14 and gay? Don’t let the story get in the way of the headline.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:23:21 +0000

Yes, me too. i think it was peer pressure and, maybe, that the kid had other problems (other than being gay, I mean).

Oh I think admitting it is braver. Keeping it a secret is quite easy (although torture inside, of course) – especially if, like me, you had lots of girlfriends (I was, I now realise, a very attractive kid). Coming out is an incredibly hard thing to do or was, in those days. Now I’m not sure although I think it’s still hard here (since we seem to be stuck in some long-gone period like the 50s!)

By: Alison Jackson

Alison Jackson — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:49:22 +0000

I’m guessing it was peer pressure – they live in a ‘small unidentified town’, therefore everyone knows everyone else’s business (even before they do, sometimes).

Knowing & admitting you’re gay at 14 is a brave thing to do. Keeping it a secret
is probably even more so.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:42:05 +0000

LOL – so are you

Yes, I would normally say the same, except because of their quoted remarks. I mean, they seemed to know about his being gay.

Still, as I said, I’d like to know more about it before making a real judgement.

By: Lola

Lola — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:34:36 +0000

Well, you are lovely

“I’m wondering if the real problem is not that he was gay, per se, but, rather that life with a 14-year-old was too difficult or whether peer pressure played a part. ”

Being Italian, I think that the real problem is that he was gay. Ignorant parents who shouldn’t have kids!