Good luck to you all! Maybe you could join together and start a Yahoo Group or some such thing. Have a few meetings, gatherings, get your interest out there....
I was living in Givat Tzarfatit in Jerusalem. I sure was aware and had a MUCH older male friend who loved to tickle me. He had no idea that I was into it. He would have his friends hold me down while he tickled me. I remember one of his friends asking him, "He regisha?" He replied, "Meod. Yoter me dai" LOL