Fathers and gay sons: A plited, vally important relatnship.
Contents:
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
- YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
- GAY MEN AND THEIR FATHERS: HURT AND HEALG
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
As I relayed When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterlg, 2016), I found out that my son was gay om a note wh our son's name entwed wh another boy's, surround by a heart. I had spected at tim that he was gay.
Had I asked him if he were gay when he was 13, he probably would have fensively said "No!
THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
San Berland, the mother of a gay son who ach parents of LGBTQ kids, utn, "It's not a good ia to ask. Acrdg to my -thor, psychiatrist Jonathan Tobk, "Gay children feel credibly vulnerable when g out to their parents, and tak time to work up the urage to do this.
YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
Mol acceptance by not g gay slurs and never tellg gay jok. Watch gay-themed shows together such as "The Fosters" and "Will and Grace.
GAY MEN AND THEIR FATHERS: HURT AND HEALG
" How do they pict gay people? React kdly to gay people the news or on televisn. In a way, you have an advantage by not knowg; giv you more time to prepare for the day (if ever) when he do reveal he's gay.
When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
As a matter of fact, you might someday look back and fd that you are grateful for the experience of havg a gay or lbian child. Well, my study of 65 fai of gay and lbian youth for the book, Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child, I found that some parents get to the pot where they believe that the experience of havg a gay child actually ma them a better person—more open-md and sensive to the needs of others, particularly those other mory groups.