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What to do when your son tells you he's gay.

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

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.

IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

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

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.

THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

There are no other gays our fay as far as I know. 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.

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This is how I really reacted when my son told me he was gay – SheKnows .

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