I’m sympathetic to your point of view. All around, this story remains a tragic one.
That being said, the story we’re reading has holes in it like swiss cheese. Does a nine-year-old really know how to commit suicide? Does a nine-year-old really have sexual preferences? And where is the father in all of this?
One last thing. The CBS News story has as its basis a story from Denver’s Fox affiliate. There’s mention of the Denver Post version of the story, but this sort of sourcing causes me to raise eyebrows, or see warning lights.
Overall, I think much of this story has yet to come out (forgive me a terrible pun).
You are probably right.
Thoughbit is the oversexed media saying sexual. To a little child, gay might mean I like the toys and clothes and colors the other gender likes.