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"when you tell queer kids they're too young to know that queer people exist you're really telling them they're too young to love themselves, but never too young to be bullied, ostracized, isolated

"the idea that students should only learn that queer people exist at 18 is rooted in the completely homophobic belief that queerness always = sex (and scary, scary sex!) while being straight is just being a person

"i knew i liked boys when i was in elementary school. the same way straight kids know who they like. it was not about sex! it's straight adults who are sexualizing queer children by talking about queerness as ONLY about sex. it's always a 'lifestyle' and not a life

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"of course the idea you can't mention that queer people exist to children is rooted in the idea that queerness is a learned behavior while straightness is 'natural'... when straight ppl enforce gender norms from before kids are born

"homophobic parents who don't want their kids learning about queer people and history say they're 'protecting' their kids when really they want their kids to grow up to be just as homophobic as they are

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"it's just so telling that talking about anything LGBTQ-related is 'brainwashing' but talking to your son in primary school about how he's going to marry a girl in his class is not"

-- Chen Chen (chenchenwrites), 2022-02-09