What in our world is changing. There's lots of this going on nowdays. 50 years ago was there as many percentage wise but they didn't come out of the closet because it wasn't proper?
When a person is an adult, its different. A kid is very impressionable. Even a teenager is (though its their peers they look more than adults ). Not talking about preferences here, or speaking more openly. Which I guess is what you're talking about. That's probably not a bad thing, at least in most cases.