A parent is ncerned that her ten-year-old son is beg lled 'gay' the schoolyard. David Coleman offers advice:
Contents:
- MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON IS BEG LLED 'GAY' BY HIS CLASSMAT
- WHEN YOUR 4TH GRA SON IS CALLED "GAY"
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON IS BEG LLED 'GAY' BY HIS CLASSMAT
* my son is being called gay at school *
A parent is ncerned that her ten-year-old son is beg lled 'gay' the schoolyard.
David Coleman offers advice:Very recently we found out that some boys, his class, were llg our ten-year-old son "gay". Once he knows that you n see how difficult may have been om his perspective, you n try to reassure key msag that your son now needs to hear are that this wasn't his flt, that he did nothg wrong and that the other boys acted particular term that they ed to mock him, llg him "gay", is very problematic. Boys most often e the term "gay" celly, to suggt that other boys are weak, soft or effemate some son has also taken on the unrstandg that others are implyg he is weird or different sexually, sce he also believ they thk he has a "gay" is ed mockgly, like this, is also a very hard label, or term, to "stand up" to.
WHEN YOUR 4TH GRA SON IS CALLED "GAY"
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * my son is being called gay at school *
If a boy tri to ny beg gay his tormentors know that they are gettg to him and wdg him all my years of workg wh children who are, or have been bullied, I still have never e across a really good, assertive, rponse that a child uld e if they are lled "gay".
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Durg lunch, another 4gra kid walked by my son the lunch room, leaned to him and sffed, “You’re gay. ) There’s nothg wrong wh “gay, ” 2.
I’ve been hastily preparg for this day, I’ll adm; the day that someone would cross that le and move om sayg “you’re weird” to “you’re gay. ” The day that someone would associate my son’s effemate tennci wh beg homosexual, when sexualy is not yet even on his radar.
The day when someone would take the word “gay” and wield as the ultimate male slanr – as a means of timidatn, an effort to emasculate, huiate, and csh another human beg who don’t nform to genr stereotyp; a way to munite one’s absolute disgt, tolerance, and outright upsets me on many levels, but maly bee my son knows that the word “gay” do not mean “stupid, ” as so many kids tend to terchange the two. He knows what gay means bee of the wonrful LGBTQ iends we have our fay’s life. He knows what means to actually be gay.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
He has heard the story of another iend who me out gay high school the ‘80’s, when the new threat of AIDS was fuelg our natn’s ignorant paranoia, and gay teens were beg kicked out of their hom.