Gay H.S. Student Deals With Fame After Op-Ed

Dan82 · Jan 6, 2011

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/01/01/gay-h-s-student-deals-with-fame-after-op-ed/

In November, Sean Simonson, a student at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park wrote an editorial, “Life as a Gay Teenager,” for his Catholic school’s student newspaper that touched off a controversy and ignited Twin Cities media and the blogosphere.

In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio News at year’s end, Sean and his mother Ann Simonson talked about all that’s happened since Sean penned his op-ed for the school paper that began “I have considered suicide.”

His piece was a personal response from a gay teen to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ DVD mailed to parishioners before the election urging a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Sean had told his parents a year ago he was gay and Ann Simonson said she was supportive of her son, but the exposure in the school newspaper worried her...

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Revan · Jan 6, 2011

I almost can't help but wonder if Sean's on this site...it's possible. And I always find it ironic when another Sean winds up gay...heh. He's cute too .

But yeah, good on him. Another brave soul out there.

Paper Heart · Jan 6, 2011

I always wonder whether these gays are on here. And gay Seans are not at all hard to find.

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