Philomena's heartbreakg story of a mother's search for her gay son puts md of some of our favore mother-gay son films.
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?
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Perhaps is not surprisg that mothers and their gay sons often scribe their relatnships as close.
MOM'S GEICS COULD PRODUCE GAY SONS
The photos om Gay Sons and Mothers exemplify the posive impact mothers n have the liv of queer men. * 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.