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YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay.
And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him. 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.
ASK A HOMO: IS MY DGHTER’S BOYIEND GAY?
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;. It’s extremely homophobic: The only acceptable life is to be straight, marry, and have children, preferably while young.
I am petrified that the future (maybe after marriage and kids) he will realize that he’s not bisexual, he’s gay, and that he has locked himself to a life that isn’t right. In that time, I’ve dited myself to makg up to him by cuttg off iends, g out as gay, troducg him to my fay, movg him , and dog everythg I n to reem myself. They immediately clocked as gay, while we immediately clocked them as we warmed up to another, one mom anxly said: "I have a qutn: I am pretty sure my son is gay, but I don't know what to do.