What to do when your son tells you he's gay.
Contents:
- IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
- YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
- MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
- KEEPG THE FAH, AND LOVG YOUR GAY SON
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
- JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON
- PARENTG A GAY CHILD
IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
* how's your gay son *
As I relayed When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterlg, 2016), I found out that my son was gay om a note wh our son's name entwed wh another boy's, surround by a heart.
I had spected at tim that he was gay.
YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
Wendy Montgomery was part of the Mormon church's mpaign to aid a ballot iative banng same-sex marriage California. But her fah was shaken when she found out her teenage son is gay. * how's your gay son *
Had I asked him if he were gay when he was 13, he probably would have fensively said "No! San Berland, the mother of a gay son who ach parents of LGBTQ kids, utn, "It's not a good ia to ask.
Acrdg to my -thor, psychiatrist Jonathan Tobk, "Gay children feel credibly vulnerable when g out to their parents, and tak time to work up the urage to do this. Mol acceptance by not g gay slurs and never tellg gay jok.
MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
Watch gay-themed shows together such as "The Fosters" and "Will and Grace. " How do they pict gay people?
React kdly to gay people the news or on televisn. In a way, you have an advantage by not knowg; giv you more time to prepare for the day (if ever) when he do reveal he's gay. My 17-year-old son and I got to a b of a heated argument this weekend and the midst of my son said he's gay.
My hband says that he has always thought that our son is gay and that if he's gay, he's gay. There are no other gays our fay as far as I know.
KEEPG THE FAH, AND LOVG YOUR GAY SON
It is highly unlikely that your son told you that he is gay simply to upset you. Gay kids often tell their parents about their sexualy the middle of a fight bee they feel that they have nothg left to lose sce you are already upset wh them.
It is probably more likely that he has known that he is gay for some time.
I suggt that you and your hband talk to your son durg a lm moment and ask him how he is pg wh beg a gay teen.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
Also, please keep md that gay teens need the opportuny to talk to their parents about relatnship issu jt as straight kids do. The nversatn wh gay teens do not end after an acceptance of their sexual choic.
For straight parents, havg a child reveal that he is gay n be a jolt. You might ask how long he or she has known, and why he feels he is gay, bi, or trans, suggts Jonathan Tobk, M. D., a psychiatrist private practice New York Cy and the -thor of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know.
JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON
You n fd one through the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists.
PARENTG A GAY CHILD
Take the extra step and show your child that you are terted beg the parent of a gay child. Edute yourself on what means to be gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.
PFLAG, or Parents for Lbians and Gays, which now has a group for transgenr youth, and holds natnwi chapters and meetgs;. Dave, I have a 17-year-old son, and I am fairly sure he is gay.
I psed on our lol PBS affiliate, where a huge choir was sgg, and after a few sends I realized was the Gay Men's Chos of some cy or another dog a fundraisg ncert. At this time my life, I was 99 percent certa I was gay, though nowhere near ready to sprg on my parents. We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of tolerance.