'Trmatized' woman of LGBT parents: 'My gay moms opprsed me'

Contents:

• ‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’
• GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
• HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
• HOW HOMOPHOBIA TURNED ME AGAST MY GAY MOTHER
• HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• IS YOUR MOM GAY?

‘TRMATIZED’ DGHTER OF LGBT PARENTS: ‘MY GAY MOMS OPPRSED ME’

“My gay moms opprsed me, ” she scribed alongsi the TikTok, which racked up 631, 000 views and more than 100, 000 lik as the natn celebrat Pri month.

“I was raised by gay moms growg up, and I want to tell you about the tim that they did not accept me for who I was. In a separate clip posted earlier this month, Clemente humoroly “me out as straight” to her gay mom honor of Pri month via phone. Perhaps is not surprisg that mothers and their gay sons often scribe their relatnships as close.

GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?

However, beg gay might be a factor that mak some mothers and sons even closer. This was found to be te for many of the mothers and sons I terviewed for the study scribed the book: Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child (). Neverthels, this closens uld have a downsi, at least temporarily, as many mothers ially blame themselv and the close relatnships for their sons' homosexualy.

HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY

So, perhaps is not pletely surprisg that once they learned their sons were gay, some of the mothers I terviewed felt that they had done somethg to damage them. The fact is that I am the mother and I was told growg up that men bee gay bee their mothers are too motherg.

HOW HOMOPHOBIA TURNED ME AGAST MY GAY MOTHER

For a long time, the psychiatric profsn blamed overly close maternal relatnships for g the "disease" of male homosexualy. Even though rearch sce the 1950's has bunked , this theory persists people's mds and rears s ugly head for mothers when they ially learn their sons are gay. Fortunately, for many mothers of gay son—wh time and tn, they learn that the ia that they had somehow ma their son gay is ad wrong This was te of the mothers my study who also me to see the benefs havg a gay son as will be scribed later this post.

HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS

Homosexualy to Blame for Close Relatnships wh Mother? My rearch, clil and personal experienc suggt that there is ed a al lk between male homosexualy and a close maternal relatnship but flows the oppose directn than what was prevly thought. In other words, havg a close relatnship wh your mother don't make you gay—beg gay mak you closer to your mother.

The young gay mal this study relled sharg terts mon wh their mothers, such as fashn and okg, and were also sensive to their feelgs. ) aspect of the parent-child relatnship some gay fai. As stated by Tariq, a 19-year-old Ain Amerin gay man:.

I thk personally [beg gay] ma me a more emotnal person, more sensive, more touch wh both the male and female sis of myself, but allowg me to even acknowledge that other si ma me closer to my mother.

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

Once mothers this study got over their feelgs of guilt and got ed to the ia that their sons were gay, they were able to regnize the benefs of havg a gay son. Bee gay people are gay!

That is why gay people are lled "gay! Closens between mothers and their gay sons is a stereotype and like all stereotyp, sometim they rg te. However, we get to hot water when we allow stereotyp to get the way of unrstandg the uniquens of dividuals and their circumstanc—so is important to remember that not all mothers and gay sons are close.

IS YOUR MOM GAY?

Sadly, some mothers simply nnot adjt to their sons' homosexualy, due to their guilt, relig ncerns, or abily to "let go" and accept the ways they live their liv.

For sure, gay men, their mothers and those who assist them need to explore and unrstand the val relatnships. For everythg you need to know on how to tell your mom that you're gay, read on.