Using words was much more difficult. A look is worth a thousand words and they just had to look at me and a thousand words were already printed. At first, I didn't think that most of those words would be bad and I went around in drag for a while. Then I realized that I didn't need that. I could be my true self and not pretend to be something that I wasn't.
Teenagers already have few resources for learning about their own sexuality.
And if they're gay they often have none. But when homosexuality is mentioned by teens themselves, it is usually the subject of derision. They are cognitively isolated, meaning that they don't know what it means to be gay, don't know how to interact with their peers, because they have no role models. Then they're not always sure who else is gay. So gay kids tend to isolate themselves socially.