Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- WHEN YOUR CHILD TELLS YOU THEY'RE GAY
- WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- WAS CARY GRANT THE FIRST ACTOR TO SAY "GAY" ONSCREEN?
WHEN YOUR CHILD TELLS YOU THEY'RE GAY
Rapper DaBaby has apologized for the false and disparagg ments he ma about gay men and HIV durg a performance at a Miami mic ftival. * baby says i'm gay *
"My son jt told he thks he is gay.
Bad news: He’s gay. They found the gen that e homosexualy and they tt for them now.
WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON
I don’t know how I feel about tryg to raise a gay son. I know thgs are gettg better for gay people, but seems to me that beg gay is really hard the South, where we live.
Gay people aren’t really accepted here like other parts of the untry yet.
Suici attempts are signifintly higher among gay teens—five tim more likely. Gay kids are five tim more likely than a heterosexual youth to end up hospalized as a rult. Studi progrsive stat like Vermont and Massachetts found that for gay and bisexual boys, rat of victimizatn were nearly five tim that of straight kids.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Gay kids are way more likely to do all of the thgs than siarly persecuted straight kids.
On top of that, every studied risk factor but cigarette e, gay and bisexual boys are at a much greater risk than girls.
What kd of life will my gay son have? I remember beg acced of beg gay school. So my wife and I talked, and we’ve cid we aren’t ready to raise a gay child.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
It isn’t fair to raise a gay child our area.
My wife told one of her iends that we are gog to have an abortn bee we don’t feel equipped to al wh raisg a gay child. Apparently got around to some of our gay iends om llege. I’ve been gettg emails, texts, and IMs all day om them askg me why I’m a homophobe, and why I hate gay people.
I don’t hate gay people! “You are termatg this pregnancy bee you don’t want a gay child. Are gay children ls valuable than straight children?
WAS CARY GRANT THE FIRST ACTOR TO SAY "GAY" ONSCREEN?
“A gay child has jt as much value as a straight child. Gay children are very rare. Cens numbers put the number of homosexuals Ameri at around 3 percent.
It wouldn’t take many more people like you, ” he nearly sps the words, “to elimate homosexualy Ameri. Rapper DaBaby has apologized for the false and disparagg ments he ma about gay men and HIV durg a performance at a Miami mic ftival. But to actually be lockg ey wh Ellen and hold her, shakg hands as she said, "I'm gay, " on natnal televisn and for the first time, as she has shared outloud that way publicly, was such a profoundly extraordary and timate gift to that moment that I will forever be grateful for.
When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns. 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.