前一陣子在YouTube看到一對台灣同志部落客「夫夫之道」阿凱和里歐，接受了己是同性戀，以及花多久時間才完全接受。
I saw an interview on YouTube not long ago between two Taiwanese gay bloggers, Kai and Leo of FuFuKnows, and their female friend, Tiffany. One of the questions really spoke to me, and that was how old were you when you realized you were gay and how long did it take you to accept it?
經過了周遭男性同志朋友的詢問與調查，大多數的朋友是在國、高中時期之道自己比較喜歡男生，只有少數幾位朋友，在幼稚園就知道自己喜歡男生，甚至會想要親男生！這是比較"純"的同志（這裡的純是指很年幼時即知道自己性向）。
After surveying my gay friends, I found that most of them realized that they were attracted to men during the high school period. Only a few of them knew as early as in kindergarten, and wanted to kiss other boys. These are “pure” gays, meaning they knew about their identity at a very young age.
越早知道 捉摸時期越短
The earlier you find out, the less time you spend wondering
朋友間言談當中，若是追朔到幼稚園或小學期間就覺得自己喜歡同性的朋友們，似乎不太需要花較長時間來確定自己性向。反觀，若是國、高中才漸漸發現喜歡觀察同姓同學、友人，甚至路上男生，則會開始問自己：我真的不喜歡女生，而是喜歡男生嗎？還是我喜歡男生，也喜歡女生？
Based on my conversations with my friends, those who knew at a young age usually did not spend much time ascertaining their sexual orientation. On the other hand, if they did not find out till high school, they would usually start by questioning themselves whether they were attracted to girls or boys.
現今社會資訊網路發達，有許多方式可以接觸到這類資訊，越晚出生年代的小鮮肉們，越知道自己喜歡什麼東西、愛什麼人，不像80年代前，甚至更早出生，對於自己為同性戀是否是種病都還會打上問號，自己幫自己貼標籤。
Today’s world is characterized with fast information delivery. There are many ways one can get information about homosexuality. It seems the younger, they more they know what they like and who they like, very different from those who were born in an earlier era and who still question and label themselves.
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