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From the Gay Community

• The Fosters' Features Same-Sex Kiss Between 13-Year-Olds

The ABC Family series broadcast a kiss between two 13-year-old characters named Jude and Connor, which may qualify as the youngest same-sex kiss to ever air on U.S. television. (James Michael Nichols - The Huffington Post )

• Kentucky state senator proposes $2,500 bounty on each trans kid caught in ‘wrong’ bathroom

A Kentucky Republican State Senator is sponsoring a bill that would entitle students who find transgender individuals in the bathrooms of their chosen gender to collect $2,500 in damages from the school, US News reports.(Scott Kaufman - U.S. News)

• Unearthed Letter From Freud Reveals His Thoughts On Gay People

In 1935, Sigmund Freud penned a response to a mother who had asked him for help with her gay son. Despite the broader perceptions of homosexuality at the time, Freud took a different approach, telling the woman it's "nothing to be ashamed of."
(Cavan Sieczkowski - The Huffington Post )

• Country Singer Billy Gilman Comes Out As Gay

Country singer Billy Gilman, who shot to stardom at age 11 with "One Voice," has come out as gay. (Curtis M. Wong - The Huffington Post )

• I Know My 9-Year-Old Son's 'Type': Pretty Boys With Dark Hair

9 year-old is already well known for his crush on Darren Criss of Glee. His father 'Dave' writes: (HuffPost)

• Dancing In His Underwear for the Garbage Man, Noah Embraced Queerness and Sexuality Since Childhood

"One of my earliest memories though was of me being in love with our garbage man."
( Noah Michelson - Driftwood)

• The Center for Sexual Justice: How the Criminalization of the Queer Community Affects Us All

The Center for Sexual Justice and the criminalization of gay youth.
(Andrew Extein, MSW - HuffPost )

• Was I a Teenage Sexual Predator?

Account of a teenages exploits with older men. (Mark S. King - HuffPost )