NY Times Magazine Celebrates Gay Teens; But Does It Exploit Them, Too?

In this week’s New York Times Magazine‘s online preview, writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis explores the world of gay youth in a story titled boldly “Coming Out in Middle School.” The result is a poignant tribute to brave teenagers across the United States and their supportive families and educators. But due to its sensitive (and sexual) subject matter, some of it leaves me feeling a tad icky, and more viscerally, protective of the interviewees, nearly all of whom are in their early teens.