I agree with you on that. I have a sister in law, who was married to an abusive man and at 51 years old came out of the closet. My main concern was my kids. I did not want to affect them.
It is when they come out of the closet and confuse our youth, that it becomes problematic.
I remember Liberace’, all the old ladies adored him. Many years after his death it was made apparent that he was gay. Prior to that, I was young and just thought he was a bit strange, but didn’t have enough life experience to know otherwise.
Kids have enough to deal with. Their sexuality, while important is and should not be paramount in their thoughts.
I know. My kids knew my brother in law was gay and I always warned them not to dress skimpily in front of him when he and his partner came to the house. They did understand. When he died, he left them each my first late husband’s share of his money, which I thought was good hearted of him. He had one partner for many years and wasn’t a ‘cruiser.’ There IS a difference. I agree, kids shouldn’t be exposed to all that early on. It’s too confusing.