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WHEN A LOVED ONE SAYS “I’M GAY” – THE STAG OF GRIEF
Foc on the Fay has received thoands of letters, emails and telephone lls om parents who disver that their son or dghter intifi as gay or lbian and is pursug same-sex relatnships. Judy vividly rells the day when she found out about her olst son’s homosexual volvement.
Learng that a loved one is stgglg wh homosexualy n be extremely paful, for several reasons:. Homosexualy often volv the person’s entire inty.
Those who ci to embrace a gay inty may abandon beliefs and valu that they once held ar. People mistakenly believe that "beg lbian" or "beg gay" is unchangeable. Barbara Johnson, thor of Where Do a Mother Go to Rign?, says, "Fdg out about a gay child is agony.