Gay youth become movement's newest ambassadors as they lobby to stop discrimination

While previous generations waited well into adulthood before identifying themselves as gay, the average age at which gay children came out to friends and families in 2005 was 13 years and four months, according to Caitlin Ryan, a San Francisco State University researcher who studies the social and psychological development of gay youth.

source: Article 'Gay youth become movement's newest ambassadors as they lobby to stop discrimination' www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070402-0106-gayambassadors.html; SignOnSanDiego.com; 2 April 2007