I posted this on another board but I thought it may get more responses here.
My 12 year old son broke down last night and told me that he has been ‘outed’ at school.
There was a situation at a sleep over a month ago where he kissed another boy. We told him at the time that we feel he’s too young for this type of behaviour but reassured him that the gender of the person is matterless, we just feel he’s too young to be acting on feelings.
This boy has now told everybody at the school (this boy is out and proud) and my son is now being jeered and teased about it.
He said it’s not really unbearable but that he’s really dreading the end of the weekend. He’s told me that he’s fairly certain he’s gay but that he’s not remotely ready to tell people about it.
My plan was initially to speak to the other boys mother but now I’m thinking to do directly to the school and ask them to address the issue immediately.
Does anybody have any advice on the best course of action to take please?