HI Galetre, My name is Dillon, I am 31 years old and gay. It is very possible for your son to know at 15, I came out of the closet very early, at 14 actually, freshman year. I would really hope that you do not take this as a tragedy or something negative, many great men throughout history were gay... and the worst thing you can do for him is to reject him or not support him. I can tell you that at 15, my father hated it, he was abusive and i was subjected to being beat up and having the police at the house, etc.. I was very much "hated" on in high school, but see, now a days the kids don't really make a big deal of it, they have Gay straight alliances in schools etc... GLEE is on TV among many other shows, modern family etc... You don't know how lucky you are to have him able to "come out" or start to in this age, he would have been subjected to a lot of bad stuff as I was, it was not the norm, but there are homosexuals found in every species on the planet and only one species that makes a big deal out of it. Can you guess what one that is? I never could understand what the big deal was... Your "SHOCK" is more of a "He is not who i thought he was" isnt it?

You are talking about the stereo type of gay guy btw.
If you were to meet me on the street you would assume I was straight, I hunt and fish, camp, chop wood, skin animals... Being gay is no more a part of me as being straight is to you, its just a small part of who i am. The same goes for your son, I could defiantly understand if he was over the top GAY PRIDE PARADE material, but he doesn't sound like it to me. Only he knows the answer to if he is gay or not. Mind you he may be testing the waters to see how you respond, but if you reject that idea you will push him into the closet and into a depression or a life of confusion. In my opinion.