I absolutely do not believe that straight kids want to be gay to be cool. Even more so, do not want to be trans if they don't really feel that way. There is no one in the WORLD that I might admire enough to want to be gay.
But you do believe 29% of school kids in Cali consider themselves LBGT?
That is higher than the numbers I have seen but sure. But you will find most of them are bi. Go add up all the adults who have had same sex relationships in their life and you go from like the 7% who identify up to about 20%. And I would be shocked that the younger age group reports a higher number.