Sorry, Thomas, it was not because I thought your question about homosexuality was disgusting that I did not answer it. I have had a very chaotic week, and have a lot of posts that I did not answer yet.
Basically, my answer is that by by normalizing homosexuality and transsexuality, I simply meant extending full human and civil rights to homosexuals and transsexuals, so that they are not discriminated against in employment, housing, etc. Hopefully this would also create a social climate where the incidence of hate crimes against them is dramatically reduced, as well.
I must say I liked X's answer about oral sex, because it made me smile. She is right that men and women perform sex acts on each other that are objectively just as graphic as anything men do with each other, and many heterosexual couples also enjoy anal intercourse. So all of the stereotypical societal repulsions only to the the sex acts that homosexuals enjoy seem more than a little prejudicial.
However, in answer to your question, I believe that children should get their sexual questions answered honestly, but in age-appropriate ways. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that a child knowing that sometimes men love men, and women love women, the same close way that mommy and daddy love each other, will make your child homosexual.
Sexual identity is usually pretty much in place by age eight, anyway, although it may not have revealed itself yet. If there are homosexual men in your wife's family, it is more likely that your son will be homosexual, according to some new research on the genetic underpinnings of sexual identity. Certainly, it would be as inappropriate to teach an eight-year-old boy that sperm can also go in a man's mouth as it would be to teach homophobia to children, in my opinion.
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