How old were you when first encountered the word "gay?"

[artyboy]

I never knew what it meant till I was about 14 or 15, my first bf(kind of) explained it to me. I was a right little shit to him. I never thought my attraction to other lads was a thing I thought it was eh normal. But I knew not to tell people about it though. I remember a time when I kissed another boy where my grand parents lived and all hell broke lose and people where shouting faggot and stuff but I was only 11 and didn't understand what they were saying.