[bk1000]

As I recall, girls were still pretty icky until around 6th grade. Coming out as gay in fourth grade? What the heck is wrong with parents?

[dfwgator]

“I’m a Boy I’m a Boy, but my ma won’t admit it...”

[MPJackal]

I college I took a child psychology class. I remember the prof. talking about different stages in child development. One he called the homosexual phase. He explained it as a stage where boys or girls will want to be with other kids of the same sex. And the example was kids on a playground. Boys will be playing with boys, and girls with girls. Most kids grow out of this around puberty. I remember it well, girls have cooties.

[Alberta's Child]

What exactly did this kid's "homosexuality" even mean, and how was it manifested?

I really have a hard time picturing a nine year-old kid hanging out at The Ramrod or Boots & Saddle in New York City's Greenwich Village.