“Yes, I am,” he said.

“Am what, baby?” I asked.

“Gay. I’m gay.”

That is what a writer we call Amelia’s 7 year old son told her a couple of month’s ago while she was on the phone discussing her son’s crush on Glee’s character Blaine.

“Yes, I am,” he said.

“Am what, baby?” she asked.

“Gay. I’m gay.”

After her initial shock of what her son had just said she simply responded with “I love you so much.”

Her son’s response: “I know,” he said, and ran off to play with his brothers.

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