krzykris said;

"am wondering why you felt the need to make this post"

So far now this is the SECOND post in which you question WHY I am posting!! Maybe I should ask why you are following up MY posts in two different forums now? This is a big board, find someone else's posts to question why the writer is posting.

Maybe I need to be clearer- there are laws, including the wild and wacky in the USA (I don't know where you are) regarding even simply discussing sexual matters with minors when you are not their parent, or their family doctor, nurse, psychiatrist etc. The latter would of course be licensed and are a medical professional who are not generally subject to those laws like the general public is but they have to follow medical ethics guidelines.

It doesn't matter what form of sexuality you are speaking of, ANY sexual content/discussion with a minor can come under those laws. The USA is real paranoid now about any hint of "pedophilia" or "corrupting a minor's morals"
As a minor is usually always under their parent's control, if the parents of a minor were to find say, adult people on a forum helping their 15 year old daughter towards ANY sexual direction let alone lesbianism, and they were upset and objected to this as most would, I think there would be a legal problem there and the first place they would look to is the operators of the forum involved and those involved in the actual discussion.

"Would it be a legal concern if the 17year old was in a heterosexual relationship, or would that just seem more normal?"

It STILL would be a legal concern, it's not the type of relationship it is the SUBJECT and content. This has even been the case in some schools.

You are right, I did post but then later I started thinking about the potential issues. It is probably fine so far, I just brought up the issue because it's a grey area and real easy to cross the line, 17 is still minor but if the person is a minor and asking about using "toys" and people posted links of where to buy them, or described how they are used then you have a big legal problem.

Here is one small example of a law in California, I don't how this applies but the language of "communicating with a minor for immoral purposes" covers a lot of grey area and could cover a lot more if parents of a minor were so upset they demanded something be done;

"Attorney General Christine Gregoire sponsored a bill that sailed through the Legislature this session that will make it easier to catch adults trolling the Internet for minors. With the new law, suspects can be charged and convicted of "communicating with a minor for immoral purposes" -- even if the "minor" is really an undercover cop. "