Midwestern Belle

As I am gradually agreeing that maybe abstinence-only programs in sex education are not enough for teens, there is one thing I believe they are leaving out. Things involving homosexuality, bisexuality, or even transexuality. Kids should know about this whether or not they are gay, straight, or bi. I don't know how sex ed is like now, but back in my day, in my home state, they never taught us a thing about LGBT situations when it came to sex. I didn't even hear the word "bisexual" until I was 17 years old. Now, I'm not saying this to promote experimenting, dressing in drag, or to know everything there is to know about the gay lifestyle. I think the kids ought to know because whether they know it or not -- or whether they care or not, LGBT life is around and always has been since the beginning of time. I believe if someone had told me these things as a child, I would have been better off.