Openly gay HS'ers / others willing to reply.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I have always been out in my high school as gay. Surprisingly enough, I have never received any negativity up until my Senior year. (which is surprising because my school is very close minded, but I have been good friends with almost my entire grade for as long as I remember, so most people wouldn't go out of their way to be mean etc) Even more surprising is that it is usually from Freshmen/Sophomore boys. </p>

<p>I am obviously an easy target and don't mind the names in the hallway, laughs etc from these kids, but how should I/do you deal with them?</p>

<p>My current approach is to just continue on walking with a smile/continue my conversation with who I'm walking with etc and let it roll right off my back. Should I be telling an adult about this? I feel safe and know nobody would hurt me, and if they did I have quite a lot of the school on my side haha. Should I confront them myself? I'm happy with my current approach but was wondering</p>

<p>What do you do?</p>

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<p>Well you’re bound to get some laughs and insults… I don’t think confrontation/adult would be of much use, especially if it’s as trivial as some small things from fresh/soph boys.</p>

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<p>my thoughts exactly. </p>

<p>My reason for this was because I recalled a friend of mine who had trouble with bullying during her HS years. when something bad happened, the staff said she should have spoken up earlier, etc.</p>

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<p>Tell them to shut their face holes or they’ll be eating where they s***. I had stupid people all the way through senior year, shooting them the bird or hitting them in the shoulder as I walked by seemed to… sorta work, it took awhile though.</p>