My mother, and my (gay) self.
Contents:
- JACKI WEAVER INHERS A GAY BAR—AND BE A DRAG QUEEN DEN MOM— UPG MOVIE STAGE MOTHER
- 'SISTER WIV' ' MARIAH BROWN TAK HER MOM TO A GAY BAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
- GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
JACKI WEAVER INHERS A GAY BAR—AND BE A DRAG QUEEN DEN MOM— UPG MOVIE STAGE MOTHER
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'SISTER WIV' ' MARIAH BROWN TAK HER MOM TO A GAY BAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
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“I’ve always wanted to share special experienc wh my dghter, and for the first time gog to a gay bar, I gus this is our experience, ” Meri, 47, tells viewers about visg the Unirn Bar Seattle, Washgton. Jt before Thanksgivg 2016, Mariah me out as gay to her blogil mother Meri as well as her father, Kody, and her mothers through polygamy, Janelle, Christe and Robyn. “When Mariah first told she was gay, I felt like a failure as a mom for not seeg .
While Fundamentalist Mormonism, which the Browns closely align their fah to, do not approve of homosexualy, the fay told HuffPost Live a 2013 terview that everyone should be able “stcture” their fay “ any way they want, ” whether they are gay or straight. 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.
GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
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. 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. Homosexualy to Blame for Close Relatnships wh Mother?