What to do when your son tells you he's gay.
Contents:
- THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
- IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
- MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
- I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- MY BOY IS NOT SO GLAD TO BE GAY
THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
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For straight parents, havg a child reveal that he is gay n be a jolt.
You might ask how long he or she has known, and why he feels he is gay, bi, or trans, suggts Jonathan Tobk, M.D., a psychiatrist private practice New York Cy and the -thor of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know. You n fd one through the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists. Take the extra step and show your child that you are terted beg the parent of a gay child.
IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
Qutn: TWO months ago my son Gav, 29, announced that he is gay. He me home one weekend to expla to me and my hband that he has been livg wh his partner for three months and has known he was gay sce he was 17. * my son is gay he moved to the city *
Edute yourself on what means to be gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.
PFLAG, or Parents for Lbians and Gays, which now has a group for transgenr youth, and holds natnwi chapters and meetgs;. 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.
MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
Fdg out Oliver is gay was big — and no big al. And he ma me face my own straight privilege. * my son is gay he moved to the city *
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! San Berland, the mother of a gay son who ach parents of LGBTQ kids, utn, "It's not a good ia to ask.
I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
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. 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.
" 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.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
If you’d like to jo the Fom, drop a le at do feel like to fd out that your son is gay? So my 19-year-old son told me he is gay last night.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
He don’t “act gay, ” but ’s not a huge leap to image him beg still put me to shock. ”“Don’t get stuck on thkg about the mechanics of gay sex. Bee I’m obvly the person who is gog to have trouble unrstandg that he’s gay.
My 17-year-old son and I got to a b of a heated argument this weekend and the midst of my son said he's gay.
My hband says that he has always thought that our son is gay and that if he's gay, he's gay. There are no other gays our fay as far as I know.
MY BOY IS NOT SO GLAD TO BE GAY
It is highly unlikely that your son told you that he is gay simply to upset you. Gay kids often tell their parents about their sexualy the middle of a fight bee they feel that they have nothg left to lose sce you are already upset wh them. It is probably more likely that he has known that he is gay for some time.
I suggt that you and your hband talk to your son durg a lm moment and ask him how he is pg wh beg a gay teen.
Also, please keep md that gay teens need the opportuny to talk to their parents about relatnship issu jt as straight kids do.