Whoops! Lesbian 'Person of the Year' in Gay Press Goes Straight With Baby

[bijou]

In December 2005, Kerry Pacer, then 17, was featured on the cover of the national gay news magazine The Advocate as its "Person of the Year" — making her the youngest gay person to achieve that honor – for fighting for a "gay-straight alliance" at White County High School in Cleveland, Georgia. But there’s apparently no embarrassment for the gay press....when she takes on a boyfriend and they have a baby. In The Washington Blade, Dyana Bagby reported:

    But today she lives with her boyfriend, a construction worker, and their baby daughter, Marley, who turns 1 year old on Saturday.

    "Well, she’s the most beautiful blue-eyed girl in the world and everybody tells me that so I’m not just being biased, I swear," Pacer said with a laugh.

    "I love every minute of motherhood. It’s been a very big challenge, however I love it. I’ve just been trying to work and go to school and take care of my family," she said.

    Pacer, who first came out as gay at age 12, is studying nursing at Gainesville State College and hopes becoming a registered nurse will give her a career that will support her family.

    "It’s me and the baby and Shannon [Phagan], who is my boyfriend. We’re still together right now," she said. "And he’s doing really good; he’s helping out a lot and he’s really good with the baby." Pacer and Phagan were friends in high school and hung out with the same people.

    "Yeah, well, we got together in high school. We started liking each other and started building a relationship. It was just fate we got together," she said. "You can’t help who you fall in love with. No matter what, you have to be happy and follow your dreams and be who you are."
...SNIP...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/07/19/whoops-lesbian-person-year-gay-press-goes-straight-baby

[Wineslob]

Pacer, who first came out as gay at age 12,

Anyone else find this strange? My 11 yo, who is almost 12, woulden't have a clue about this "lifestyle choice".

I say her "parents" were behind this.

[Eupher]

Anyone else find this strange? My 11 yo, who is almost 12, woulden't have a clue about this "lifestyle choice".

I say her "parents" were behind this.

Hell yes it's strange. There is no way in hell a 12-year-old kid is going to be emotionally mature enough to "make" that kind of "decision."

As far as I'm concerned, any kid who professes to be gay or lesbian at that age does it not because they truly feel that way but because it's controversial and it's considered "cool". No other reason is applicable, because of their inherent physical and emotional immaturity.