Is My Son Gay or Is a Phase? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
• THE 'GAY GENE' IS A MYTH BUT BEG GAY IS 'NATURAL,' SAY SCIENTISTS
• IS GAY JT A PHASE?

IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

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.

THE 'GAY GENE' IS A MYTH BUT BEG GAY IS 'NATURAL,' SAY SCIENTISTS

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.

Also, please keep md that gay teens need the opportuny to talk to their parents about relatnship issu jt as straight kids do. The nversatn wh gay teens do not end after an acceptance of their sexual choic. ” A lot of folks have exprsed how fortg this phrase is, amid a world where bisexualy is still seen as an -between inty, like an terstate rt stop between gay and straight.

IS GAY JT A PHASE?

Sce 1975, APA has lled on psychologists to take the lead removg the stigma of mental illns that has long been associated wh lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatns. The prejudice and discrimatn that people who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual regularly experience have been shown to have negative psychologil effects. This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.

gay/lbian (havg emotnal, romantic, or sexual attractns to members of one’s own sex).