Gay Men and Their Mothers: Is There a Special Closens? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• ‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ WHY FANS ARE ADAMANT MATT IS GAY?
• I LOVE A MAMA'S BOY: MATT MCADAMS DENI RUMORS HE'S GAY
• GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• ‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ FANS ARE CONVCED MATT IS GAY
• MOM, I'M GAY

‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ WHY FANS ARE ADAMANT MATT IS GAY?

Pretty sure Matt is gay, so he should jt e out and live happily ever after wh his mom. However, fans have felt for que some time that Matt is gay and they have not let up on that theory.

Though Matt and Kelly are back for another season and he has a new girliend, fans nnot shake the feelg that Matt is gay.

I LOVE A MAMA'S BOY: MATT MCADAMS DENI RUMORS HE'S GAY

As of two days ago, a new Redd thread was posted wh fans once aga believg that Matt is gay. He is GAY! My gaydar is off the cha!!!

I jt watched season 2 episo 1… gayer than ever. If Matt is gay, he should be proud of who he is and if Kelly ador him as much as she claims she do, she should enurage his tth. Alas, his close nnectn wh his mother and the abily to settle on a romantic partner has sparked mors that he might be gay.

In a podst terview wh The Sarah Fraser Show, Matt revealed he often receiv ath threats and homophobic slurs relatn to the mors.

GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?

If I were gay, I would e out to my fay. Perhaps is not surprisg that mothers and their gay sons often scribe their relatnships as close. However, beg gay might be a factor that mak some mothers and sons even closer.

This was found to be te for many of the mothers and sons I terviewed for the study scribed the book: Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child ().

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

Neverthels, this closens uld have a downsi, at least temporarily, as many mothers ially blame themselv and the close relatnships for their sons' homosexualy. So, perhaps is not pletely surprisg that once they learned their sons were gay, some of the mothers I terviewed felt that they had done somethg to damage them. The fact is that I am the mother and I was told growg up that men bee gay bee their mothers are too motherg.

For a long time, the psychiatric profsn blamed overly close maternal relatnships for g the "disease" of male homosexualy. Even though rearch sce the 1950's has bunked , this theory persists people's mds and rears s ugly head for mothers when they ially learn their sons are gay. Fortunately, for many mothers of gay son—wh time and tn, they learn that the ia that they had somehow ma their son gay is ad wrong This was te of the mothers my study who also me to see the benefs havg a gay son as will be scribed later this post.

‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ FANS ARE CONVCED MATT IS GAY

Homosexualy to Blame for Close Relatnships wh Mother? My rearch, clil and personal experienc suggt that there is ed a al lk between male homosexualy and a close maternal relatnship but flows the oppose directn than what was prevly thought. In other words, havg a close relatnship wh your mother don't make you gay—beg gay mak you closer to your mother.

The young gay mal this study relled sharg terts mon wh their mothers, such as fashn and okg, and were also sensive to their feelgs.

) aspect of the parent-child relatnship some gay fai. As stated by Tariq, a 19-year-old Ain Amerin gay man:.

MOM, I'M GAY

I thk personally [beg gay] ma me a more emotnal person, more sensive, more touch wh both the male and female sis of myself, but allowg me to even acknowledge that other si ma me closer to my mother. Once mothers this study got over their feelgs of guilt and got ed to the ia that their sons were gay, they were able to regnize the benefs of havg a gay son. Bee gay people are gay!