# Put her back in the closet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858 "2017-09-21T04:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858/62 "2017-09-23T01:11:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I want ot ask this gently, because I believe these people may do the right thing for their exploring/questioning dau/son…Has anybody with teens noticed there are more LGBTQ kids than there used to be…or were they just on the down low and hidden (in the closet)…my 18yr old has probably 4 friends that have LGBTQ ,I don’t really know what to call it…maybe …lifestyles. I 've met them all …nice kids. I feel for them though…all have family problems stemming from these differing lifestyles… One is her best friend since grade school…he came out to us first. I encouraged him to talk to his mom.It went really bad…he moved in with grandparents…mom now hates me… (another story)…he is fully living as a male now…but as I say…I was just wondering is it more out now or are there more kids identifying as different from their sex at birth? No. It’s always been this way. My kid’s psychologist estimated the suicide rate at 50% for kids who didn’t come out or have family support. I’m sure you can infer that the more socially acceptable these things become, the more willing people are to come out. (And could you please stop with the … and just punctuate correctly? A single period and capital letters for the next sentence perhaps?) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-her-back-in-the-closet/796858)._