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Contents:

• GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
• HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
• MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM
• MOZZARELLA STICKS AND A GAY PIANO BAR
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• ‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’
• HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
• GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
• HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
• MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM
• MOZZARELLA STICKS AND A GAY PIANO BAR
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• ‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’
• HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?

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.

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.

HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY

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? My rearch, clil and personal experienc suggt that there is ed a al lk between male homosexualy and a close maternal relatnship but flows the oppose directn than what was prevly thought. In other words, havg a close relatnship wh your mother don't make you gay—beg gay mak you closer to your mother.

The young gay mal this study relled sharg terts mon wh their mothers, such as fashn and okg, and were also sensive to their feelgs.

MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM

) aspect of the parent-child relatnship some gay fai.

As stated by Tariq, a 19-year-old Ain Amerin gay man:. I thk personally [beg gay] ma me a more emotnal person, more sensive, more touch wh both the male and female sis of myself, but allowg me to even acknowledge that other si ma me closer to my mother.

Once mothers this study got over their feelgs of guilt and got ed to the ia that their sons were gay, they were able to regnize the benefs of havg a gay son. Bee gay people are gay! That is why gay people are lled "gay!

MOZZARELLA STICKS AND A GAY PIANO BAR

Closens between mothers and their gay sons is a stereotype and like all stereotyp, sometim they rg te.

However, we get to hot water when we allow stereotyp to get the way of unrstandg the uniquens of dividuals and their circumstanc—so is important to remember that not all mothers and gay sons are close. Sadly, some mothers simply nnot adjt to their sons' homosexualy, due to their guilt, relig ncerns, or abily to "let go" and accept the ways they live their liv.

For sure, gay men, their mothers and those who assist them need to explore and unrstand the val relatnships. For everythg you need to know on how to tell your mom that you're gay, read on. The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle: (888) 843-4564.

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

You may realize, for stance, that you really want your mom to know when you realized you were gay.

"Mom, I'm gay. Article SummaryXTellg your mom that you’re gay n be nerve-wrackg, but wh a plan and a ltle bravery, you n get off your cht.

‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’

You might want to clu thgs like when you learned you were gay, what ’s been like for you, and what your hop are for the future. I'm gay. While we wa for you to do that, enjoy the notable mother-and-gay-son films.

Sudnly, Last Summer (1959)The gay son Tennsee Williams's story is a ghost, that the entire film is about him, but he is already ad when begs.

Montgomery Clift plays the doctor vtigatg the se and unwtgly be a stand- for the lost gay son and to, rpectively, Kathar Hepburn as Vlet and Elizabeth Taylor as Cathere. Anthony Hopks plays her gay son, Richard the Lnheart, who eventually succeed his father, Henry II, played by Peter O'Toole, as kg of England. As her gay son, Andrew (Tom Hanks), mak plans to sue the law firm that fired him for havg AIDS, she says, "Well, I didn't raise my kids to s the back of the b.

HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

's performance as gay son Tommy is one of the highlights of this terrific Thanksgivg-set edy, directed by Jodie Foster, about a fay that will likely make yours look a lot ls dysfunctnal.

The only really homophobic fay member is sister Joanne (Cynthia Stevenson), who's outraged that Tommy and his partner have gotten married. Twilight of the Golds (1997)Cowrten by Jonath Tols and based on his stage play, this drama gets down to the very root of the mother-and-gay-son nnectn. The spe of the plot: Would you choose to keep your unborn child if you knew the child was gog to be gay?

Faye Dunaway giv a wrenchg performance disclosg the plex feelgs she has toward her gay son, David (Brendan Fraser. )But I'm a Cheerlear (1999)No homosexual rehab mp is plete whout a licly perverse mp director clad a Pepto-Bismol pk su and her hunky closet se of a son (the handyman) sportg sk-tight booty shorts.

GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?

Osr nomee Cathy Moriarty stars as Mary Brown, a wonrfully mpy June-Cleaver-gone-berserk type of homophobe who blatantly ignor her son Rock's (geo Eddie Cibrian) proclivy for strikg pos as he strok his garng tools for the viewg pleasure of the same gay teens who're supposed to overe their "afflictn" unr Mary's re. Ben Whishaw is st the role of her son, the teddy bear-rryg Sebastian Flyte, one of the most notable and flamboyantly gay characters English l.

(2013)No gay man uld ask for a better mother than Megan Mullally, who plays precisely that role G. (an acronym for "gay bt iend"), a new teen edy directed by Darren Ste (Jawbreaker) and wrten by Gee Northy. In this movie about the vicissus of populary and g out high school, is fortg to have a role mol for parents of gay bt iends out G.

My Son Is Gay!

HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY

In honor of Pri Month, a gay dad, two lbian moms and a nonbary trans dad open up about how their fai the LGBTQ fai show, there's more than one way to start a fay. “I thought that I would meet a lot of gay fai when we were gog through the whole procs, but we didn't, ” Lam add.

A thg that you jt wouldn't do as beg a gay man. “As a gay kid, I never thought would be possible to have a child and I am so grateful to all of those who paved the way and for the doctors and nurs and everyone volved my son’s birth, ” he wrote on hop his fay's story n be a posive example and change prenceived notns.

“When tradnal fai look at , and they realize that we're a gay fay... “I feel like people our age didn't really have gay role mols, ” Fernánz still enunter people who are surprised by their fay but aren't aaid to rrect them. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Center.

MOMMI DEART: MOTHERS AND GAY SONS ON FILM

Gay Straight Alliance. If your mother homophobic slurs or reacts wh anger agast LGBT people, you may want to rensir g out to her.

Some people may believe that you n only be gay or straight.

She may ask if you’re gay or straight. Other Christians n fd support through the Gay Christian Network. I'm fely bisexual and I know one hundred percent, but both my mum and stepdad believe that you n only be straight or gay.

MOZZARELLA STICKS AND A GAY PIANO BAR

Rachel Held Evans nclus her blog post If my son or dghter were gay wh this paragraph:. If God bls Dan and me wh a child who is gay, I would want that child to know whout a doubt that he or she is loved unndnally.

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

I believe Rachel’s motivatn is to create a more welg and lovg environment the church for those who intify themselv as homosexuals, or who stggle wh homosexual sire.

I admire and agree wh her motive, and mt say that I’ve learned om her this area of beg much more reful how I speak and wre about homosexualy. First, she don’t munite any ncern about the sfulns of homosexual sir nor the immoraly of homosexual actns. She seems to nvey that homosexual sir are not part of human brokenns, and that to pursue homosexual practic do not have any bearg on a person’s relatnship wh Christ.

” There is no ditn that she se anythg wrong or unbiblil about homosexualy. Send, Rachel seems to intify everyone who tak the view that homosexual sir are part of broken human sfulns, and that homosexual actns are s, as bulli. However, ’s irrponsible and unfair to group all who say that homosexualy is immoral as bulli of Christ’s ltle on.

‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’

What do you mean by “I thk I’m gay”?

Are you therefore planng to pursue homosexual relatnships? Sixth, if your son agre that homosexualy is sful, and he wants to have victory over the temptatns, then there are many Gospel promis you n enurage him wh.

However, if he says that he believ homosexualy to be okay and he’s cid to pursue , then while assurg him of your ntued love and re, you mt lovgly warn him of the spirual and physil dangers of homosexualy.

HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

Seventh, I’d enurage the son not to see himself as a homosexual, not to fe himself by his sexualy. Rather I’d want him to see himself as creature ma God’s image, a man wh many parts to his inty, a person wh many gifts, a son wh a diverse character and personaly, one part of which, at least for the moment, is to have a homosexual sir.