In a Yale Daily News edorial, Will Portman explas how he me out to his parents and how Sen. Rob Portman's views on gay marriage evolved
Contents:
- JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON
- DEAR PARENT OF A GAY CHILD
- THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- I’M PROUD OF BEG GAY BEE HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM AS A PERSON, WHILE NOT ULTIMATELY FG ME.
JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON
Out Canadian rad host Mrie Sherman says his dad "took a giant leap for gay kd" this Pri Month. * im proud of my gay son *
A 78-year-old mother of a gay male reported, “We were forced to re‐exame cultural ias that we had never qutned before, and we found them to be limg and unjt.
DEAR PARENT OF A GAY CHILD
” Siarly, a 77-year-old father of a gay male shared that havg an LGBTQ+ child “has led my wife and I to rethk many of our bias. A 75-year-old father of a gay male reunted, “Workg for a e that we strongly believe is right has given add purpose and meang to our liv.
” And a 57‐year‐old mother of a gay male echoed this same sentiment, sharg, “We are proud of our son and he enrich our liv so many different ways.
THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
He is a gift to the world, ” said one 68-year-old mother of a gay male. A 73‐year‐old mother of a gay son attributed this closer bond to cultivatg more transparency wh him, statg, “When he [my gay son] ultimately tsted me wh his eper tth, only epened our relatnship.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
” Another parent, a 61‐year‐old mother of a gay male nnected the closer nnectn to the shared experience of nontg cultural sigma together, sharg:.
“I’m Proud of My Gay Son, ” Dick Ashworth (far right) and other parents, Christopher Street Liberatn Day Para, June 24, 1974. PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays). This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Qutn & Answer Gui to Everyday Life.
I’M PROUD OF BEG GAY BEE HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM AS A PERSON, WHILE NOT ULTIMATELY FG ME.
By now u probably have an ia of what i am about to says: I am gayRyan says: i n't believe i jt told youMom says: Are you jokg? Ryan says: i know i amRyan says: i don't like hannahRyan says: 's jt a ver-upMom says: but that don't make you says: i knowRyan says: but u don't unrstandRyan says: i am gayMom says: tell me moreRyan says: 's jt the way i am and 's somethg i knowRyan says: u r not a lbian and u know that. Ryan says: i am jt gayRyan says: i am thatMom says: I love you no matter whatRyan says: i am whe not blackRyan says: i knowRyan says: i am a boy not a girlRyan says: i am attracted to boys not girlsRyan says: u know that about yourself and i know thisMom says: what about what God thks about actg on the sir?
Not that we didn't know and love gay people; my only brother had e out to several years before, and we adored him. The feelgs you've had for other guys don't make you gay.
So please don't tell anyone that you are gay.