In honor of Gay Uncl Day 2020, the send Sunday Augt, thor of new book The Guncle Gui Glenn Garner talks about beg spired to bee a dad.
Contents:
- HOW BEG A GAY UNCLE TO 22 NIEC AND NEPHEWS CHANGED MY PERCEPTN OF PARENTHOOD
- GAY NEPHEW TELLS HIS TEARY-EYED ANTI-LGBTQ+ POLICIAN NT TO STOP LYG ABOUT RELIG OPPRSN
- HOW GAY UNCL PASS DOWN GEN
- THE GAY NEPHEW OF THE LAWMAKER WHO CRIED WHILE VOTG AGAST MARRIAGE EQUALY HAS A MSAGE FOR HER
- LAWMAKER TRI TO STOP AN ANTI-LGBTQ LAW AN EMOTNAL SPEECH ABOUT GAY NEPHEW’S SUICI
- GAY NEPHEW OF GOP REPRENTATIVE: 'GAY MARRIAGE IS NO REASON TO CRY'
- I OFFICIALLY TURNED INTO THE OLD SGLE GAY SPSTER UNCLE TO BE PIED THIS CHRISTMAS
HOW BEG A GAY UNCLE TO 22 NIEC AND NEPHEWS CHANGED MY PERCEPTN OF PARENTHOOD
* gay nephews *
When my nephew was thirteen years old, his Christmas wish list clud the movie "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, " a movie about two men pretendg to be gay and gettg married for health-re benefs.
As I did rearch for my book, I realized not only was my nephew old enough to watch a film wh a gay theme, but that younger is probably better for children to be troduced to people who are different a few ways yet the same so many others. The nsens of the people I terviewed was that ’s easier to be more acceptg at an earlier age before kids are exposed to outsi fluenc that may lead to formg negative beliefs or homophobia. I’m not sayg ’s a good ia to throw "Brokeback Mounta" or "Queer as Folk" between episos of "Same Street" but by the time kids get to elementary school, they should not equate gay people wh aliens om outer space.
GAY NEPHEW TELLS HIS TEARY-EYED ANTI-LGBTQ+ POLICIAN NT TO STOP LYG ABOUT RELIG OPPRSN
He mmerized on The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, but his gay character on TV as HIV-posive veteran Ken Jon on When We Rise was smooth sailg for the actor and activist. * gay nephews *
Many gay people I spoke to were like me that they simply weren’t sure if their niec or nephews knew. One person I terviewed at the Los Angel Gay Pri Para put simply: “When children see two people a lovg relatnship, ’s not really talked about. He had never been told his uncle was gay, but somehow he knew.
HOW GAY UNCL PASS DOWN GEN
Avoidg the discsn of gay issu wh children n end up harmg everyone volved.
While ’s certaly beg easier to be out or openly gay today’s world, nflictg msag are still beg put out there as bat over gay rights ntue to igne salac talk the media.
THE GAY NEPHEW OF THE LAWMAKER WHO CRIED WHILE VOTG AGAST MARRIAGE EQUALY HAS A MSAGE FOR HER
Do your niec and nephews know you are gay?
” That opened up the dialogue for my sister to expla to her dghter that her uncle was gay.
LAWMAKER TRI TO STOP AN ANTI-LGBTQ LAW AN EMOTNAL SPEECH ABOUT GAY NEPHEW’S SUICI
She then rmed her dghter that her uncle beg gay has nothg to do wh her [own] sexualy. They had to be a ltle more gentle wh him bee he looks so much like me and so many people tell him that; they wanted to make sure that [he unrstood] people wouldn’t “assume” he was gay bee of the siari. My son realized there was only one bed the apartment my brother shared [wh his boyiend] and me right out and asked if he was gay.
Eddie: I never “me out” and said “I’m gay, ” but I never hid om [my niec and nephews]; they all met my partner and figured out. Rosa: Y, at age ne, my niece saw a picture of me and my partner and asked her mom, my sister, if I was gay.
GAY NEPHEW OF GOP REPRENTATIVE: 'GAY MARRIAGE IS NO REASON TO CRY'
” or “What’s a gay person?
“Now that you know that your uncle is gay—do you feel any differently about him? Albert: Children should always be raised wh a vobulary that’s clive of gay culture.
My niece and nephew clearly unrstood the difference between homosexual and heterosexual and weren’t as offend or shocked as we thought they would be. In an excerpt om the new book "The Guncle Gui, " thor Glenn Garner tails the first experience he had that ma him want to bee a 9, 2020, 10:36 PM UTC / Source: TODAYIn honor of Gay Uncl Day 2020, celebrated annually on the send Sunday Augt, TODAY is featurg an excerpt om the new book "The Guncle Gui" wrten by Glenn, who has gaed a lifetime of knowledge as a gay uncle to 22 niec and nephews, imparts some of that wisdom through heartwarmg anecdot and eful tips and tricks. It was as if that moment, my big gay versn of a blogil clock had begun was the same emotn I felt a few years later when my nephew Kirby was born, shortly before I returned home after graduatg om llege.
I OFFICIALLY TURNED INTO THE OLD SGLE GAY SPSTER UNCLE TO BE PIED THIS CHRISTMAS
That was hontly the first time someone my fay other than my niec and nephews took that kd of tert my future sce I me out as gay. I didn’t yet realize that gay men don’t jump to monogamy wh the recklsns of our straight unterparts, even after we won the long-overdue battle for marriage equaly. Dear Gay Bt Friend,.
– Straight From Your Gay Bt Friend.