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Stop looking at the walls, look out the window.

One is that queers tend to cluster together. We find each other. We seek out other queers, even subconsciously.

If your child has all these queer and trans friends and then just one day out of no where they come out to you, you shouldn't blame their friends "indoctrinating" or "misguiding" your child. We find each other, and you should be happy your child has a support system who has given them the space to accept themselves.

The other half of that, is that the more accepting society is of queer people, the more people will be out and proud. There will always be those of us who forsake safety and comfort to be ourselves, but other who can not (frankly should not have to) afford to risk that.

If your already queer child is shown that it is okay to be themselves, that they can have a happy and fulfilling life full of love and acceptance free from violence and oppression, they're going to okay with being themselves as they truly are.

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