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Contents:
- COMG OUT: A PARENTS GUI TO SUPPORTG YOUR GAY TEEN
- HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR GAY CHILD
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
- PARENTG A GAY CHILD
- MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
COMG OUT: A PARENTS GUI TO SUPPORTG YOUR GAY TEEN
So your child jt me out as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. What n you do to help your LGBTQ+ child? * supporting my gay child *
Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Teens: Facts for Teens and Their Parents. Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG). In our town, we are the gay "go-to" people — pecially for parents and grandparents of gay kids.
HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR GAY CHILD
"Mom, Dad, I'm gay!" Your brave, wonrful, betiful child has spoken the words out loud that somewhere the back of your md you already spected. This moment of honty is the begng of a journey that n be challengg for both you and your child. * supporting my gay child *
" Beg openly gay may be the most urageo choice your son, dghter, grandson or granddghter will ever make.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
Advice for parents wh LGBTQ kids to help support and show them love. What to do when your kids e out to you as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer. * supporting my gay child *
"I don't know how to tell iends and fay about my gay kid or grandkid. Wh more people livg openly, seems that nearly everyone knows someone gay. Nearly everyone knows and lik/lov someone gay.
HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
Parents of gay children may go through an adjtment perd when they fd out their child is gay, but there is support for parents of gay children. * supporting my gay child *
"Now that I know my kid is gay, I'm ncerned about same-sex sleepovers. " If the ia of your dghter sleepg wh her boyiend unr your own roof at the age of 16 sets off every bad parentg bell the universe for you, hold your gay son or dghter to the same standards. We're sure he would e out if only he didn't thk his mom hadn't already submted her résumé for an open posn at PFLAG, which stands for Parents, Fay & Friends of Lbians and Gays.
"I was jt settlg to the gay thg and now she tells me she lik a boy. I recently checked wh a iend about her gay high school senr. "I really want him to meet some other nice gay people.
PARENTG A GAY CHILD
* supporting my gay child *
Let's assume 1 10 is gay.
MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
That's two dozen gay kids (25 ls your own).
Not jt the Gay-Straight Alliance, although this is a great start. What about volunteerg for a gay teen hotle or homels shelter?
Y, gay people are more visible than ever before. But is equally te that homophobia ns rampant and ep this untry.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Gay kids need lots of . Joan Garry is a natnally regnized gay rights lear and the former print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD). It’s no different for parents of LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer) children.