 An "examination of the original data showed virtually all respondents were familiar with children of both sexes", and that only 9% of gay men said that "none or only a few" of their friends were male, and most gay men (74%) reported having "an especially close friend of the same sex" during grade school.It is also noted that "71% of gay men reported feeling different from other boys, but so did 38% of heterosexual men.The difference for gay men is larger, but still indicates that feeling different from same-sex peers was common for heterosexual men."