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6 or 7 - I experimented with kids my age, and it 'clicked'. But I would struggle with that concept until I was about 12, when I decided 'fuck this religious bullshit'. I started dating guys when I was 13, I was out to my friends the same year, the general population when I was 15, and finally my family at 21. Though for my family it wasn't how I planned. I thought I was going to die soon; my original plan as a teen was to tell them on their death bed, mostly because of fear of physical violence. My family was very not-accepting growing up and through my teens. I lived in fear for all of my teenage+ years, many times not sleeping to make sure I wasn't attacked in my sleep.
But yeah, at a very young age I was like 'boys are cute' and 'wait a minute...'
Okay I got to ask, at 6, 7 my only focus was teenage mutant ninja turtles, how in the hell are you experimenting at 6, 7?
I lived in a neighborhood with a ton of kids that were +/- a year from me, and there were several that shared my curiosity. It was rather... common? For the chat to shift from Playstation and Nintendo games to other topics, just as long as the parents weren't around. One thing led to another and hey this is a new experience...
Over 2+ decades, people moving away and starting their own adult lives, I lost contact with most of them. But I'm still in touch with two of them: one is now trans, the other is a fellow gay furry.
Thanks for the reply! I guess parents being out of sight would eventually lead to that.