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Contents:
- MIDDLE SCHOOL VS. MY GAY KID
- EXPLAG IT TO YOUR KIDS: WHAT DO 'BEG GAY' MEAN?
- WHERE’S THE GAY MIDDLE GRA?
- GAY MALE ONLY-CHILDREN: EVINCE FOR LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND HIGH MATERNAL MISRRIAGE RAT
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??
- 'SMEAR THE QUEER': GAY STUNTS TELL THEIR STORI
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
- ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
MIDDLE SCHOOL VS. MY GAY KID
One of the most imprsive and much-need movements the last two s of young adult fictn has been the cln of LGBT protagonists. Throughout the twentieth century, gay teenagers had to… * gay version of middle child *
They add elements of LGBTQ history to class assignments, and alt wh the one stance of homophobia om a classmate he's had to face quickly and effectively.
I gus the prence of 18-year-olds taller than your father is a ltle ls dntg when 's tempered by the ia you won't be the only gay kid any kid is gettg closer to age where people fd more "acceptable" for him to be gay.
Therefore, I mt say that I would probably fer - or at least do everythg I uld to fer - a discsn of homosexualy and gay behavr wh a child 10 years old and unr.
EXPLAG IT TO YOUR KIDS: WHAT DO 'BEG GAY' MEAN?
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But I also regnize that younger and younger children are beg exposed to homosexual persons, them, and issu and are naturally nfed and cur about .
Whether om school, by social and public teractns, or through televisn and movi, homosexualy is beg thst upon and is challengg a heterosexual world. While engagg homosexual behavr is a chosen activy, beg oriented to the same sex is generally nsired to be fluenced by a variety of factors.
" answer: "Beg gay means that two people of the same sex have chosen to love each other the way that God planned for a man and woman to love each other.
WHERE’S THE GAY MIDDLE GRA?
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * gay version of middle child *
CNN recently announced both on televisn and their Web se, "An explosive new study says some gay people n turn straight if they really want to.
Throughout the twentieth century, gay teenagers had to look outsi of the young adult genre for lerary reprentatns of homosexualy fictn, but sce 1999, multiple thors have risked ntroversy, rejectns om edors, and lack of book sal by wrg about the ntemporary experienc of gay teenagers this untry. Danforth, to name only a few, the gay young adult genre has been boomg, wh the releas the year 2015 alone of at least twenty-five major YA novels. Only one thor — the award-wng Tim Ferle — is currently phg the boundari for gay middle gra fictn, spe tense opposn, his books Better Nate Than Ever and Five, Six, Seven, is a long history of middle gra fictn that enpass the work of many famo stori penned by thors who have prented a wele dose of diversy.
GAY MALE ONLY-CHILDREN: EVINCE FOR LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND HIGH MATERNAL MISRRIAGE RAT
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We tted two predictns related to the hypothized maternal immune rponse mothers of gay male only-children: (1) elevated fetal loss among mothers who have had gay male only-children and (2) lower birth weight gay male only-children. Mothers of at least one gay son (n = 54) and mothers of heterosexual son(s) (n = 72) self-reported their pregnancy histori, cludg the birth weights of newborns and number of fetal loss (e. Mothers of gay male only-children (n = 8) reported signifintly greater fetal loss pared wh mothers of mal wh four other sibship posns (gay wh no olr brothers, gay wh olr brothers, heterosexual only-children, heterosexual wh siblgs) (n = 118).
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Psychologists are fdg that what teachers and parents say to children about homosexualy to children n terme how well gay adolcents fare school and society. * gay version of middle child *
Also, firstborn gay male only-children (n = 4) had a signifintly lower birth weight than firstborn children the four other sibship posns (n = 59).
MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??
Wir acceptance of gays and lbians has ma the procs of g out ls stigmatizg for many children, but remas a difficult procs. * gay version of middle child *
Commentary on "Gay Male Only-Children: Evince for Low Birth Weight and High Maternal Misrriage Rat" om the Prenatal Thyroid Mol Perspective. Towards a further unrstandg of prenatal thyroid theory of homosexualy: Autoimmune thyroidis, polycystic ovary syndrome, tism and low birth weight. The procs tak about two years and sts around $200, 000 per child - and prospective gay fathers don't meet eligibily creria for most health surance plans' fertily benefs, although this is begng to change.
Brent Monsr, MD, recently helped lead a study to document tails of how gay men e assisted reproductive technology to build their fai, cludg qutns such as how many children they wish to have and how often their efforts succeed.
'SMEAR THE QUEER': GAY STUNTS TELL THEIR STORI
Cisgenr gay men are almost never clud this rearch, so as physicians we don't know anythg about their characteristics as reproductive health patients, even basic rmatn such as their mographics, clil cisn-makg patterns or out.
It's important to keep md that our data reflect the experienc of dividuals who n afford reproductive medil re bee their employer-sponsored fertily benefs ver , and that is still an unual suatn for gay men. This data served as the foundatn for a grant applitn we've jt had approved to nduct a much larger populatn study that will give accs to rmatn on about 2, 000 embryo transfers annually gay men.
A lot of people see a fertily doctor bee they have an unrlyg medil issue, whereas gay male upl ually have two possible sperm sourc, a young egg donor and a gtatnal rrier who has already had succsful pregnanci. We regnize that this may be bee a lot of gay men requt tws or may ultimately want two children, and fertily doctors may be transferrg two embryos to try to save their patients money so they only have to go through the fertily treatment procs once. But we need to ask: Are we puttg gtatnal rriers at unnecsary risk om tw pregnanci, and puttg gay upl at unnecsary risk of havg babi the NICU?
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
I'm currently a fellow, and I have patients g specifilly to see me, not bee I'm the most amazg doctor but bee I'm gay, and they want a gay doctor. I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian.
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
From that perspective, I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian.
I'm very disturbed that parents wouldn't dream of shunng one part of a straight uple that's livg s thk shunng their child's gay partner is acceptable. If my son asked me to participate events that would legimize his relatnship wh his partner, such as a gay weddg ceremony or gay pri para, the answer would be a gentle but firm, "NO.
ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
If he is receptive to a relatnship based on mutual rpect, however, he ought to know me well enough not to be surprised when I cle to attend the gay pri para.