The photos om Gay Sons and Mothers exemplify the posive impact mothers n have the liv of queer men.
Contents:
- GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
- MOM'S GEICS COULD PRODUCE GAY SONS
- MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM
GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
My mother, and my (gay) self. * mothers and gay sons *
Perhaps is not surprisg that mothers and their gay sons often scribe their relatnships as close.
MOM'S GEICS COULD PRODUCE GAY SONS
* mothers and gay sons *
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 (). Neverthels, this closens uld have a downsi, at least temporarily, as many mothers ially blame themselv and the close relatnships for their sons' homosexualy.
MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM
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.