What to do when your son tells you he's gay.
Contents:
- YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
- IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
- THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
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.
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.
IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
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.
It is highly unlikely that your son told you that he is gay simply to upset you.
THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
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.