A critical factor in this, IMHO, and maybe the most important factor is how representative this kid Troy's gay experience is of the entire gay community.
From the data points I've collected through life experience: media, literature, a few gay people I've known personally, pop culture, this seems to be representative of a very large aspect of the gay community.
If it is, then it seems very possible that the answer is to treat it like a disease (drug addiction, bulimia, alcoholism, sex addiction, whatever) and help people recover from it, not encourage them in their right to legitimize and mainstream it.
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