Is My Son Gay or Is a Phase? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A GAY SON OR X
• YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
• MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
• IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A GAY SON OR X

Would You Rather Have A Gay Son Or X, also known as Thug Son or Gay Son, is a hypothetil Would You Rather?

Qutn ed a seri of mem askg whether the viewer would rather have a gay son or a send optn, often another "type of son" or somethg ironic and absurd.

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YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?

A Gay Son | 3. Gay Son or Thug Son. Sometime 2015, Instagram er dreheron posted an image macro showg two si-by-si imag of himself, the one on the left showg him short-shorts and a choker, and the one on the left lookg more "gangster" ptned "would you rather have a gay son or thug son" (shown below).

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MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT

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.

You n fd one through the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

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;.

Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay. And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him.

Many LGBQT+ people e queer to intify themselv, spe the term’s homophobic history.

IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

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