How to Talk to Your Son About Beg Gay - Advice for Men om Dave Holm

Contents:

• THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
• MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
• GAY DAD
• DAD ACCINTALLY DISVERS HIS TEENAGE SON IS GAY, CONSULTS REDD ON HOW TO RPOND
• DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

Was created by gay porn star Domic Ford. Almost immediately, qutns of rptn were raised, as there were many dub and blatantly antigay motiv behd the seizure, and virtually every LGBTQ anizatn along wh many media outlets, cludg The New York Tim, vigoroly nmned the Rentboy, RentMen was left.

At the time, I knew I was gay, but my sexualy was ighteng to me -- I was still prayg over , askg to be taken away. I'm on Fet for myself (BDSM girl that I am), and I've heard of Ren, which is are geared toward the gay set.

Neher Fet nor a gay-specific se like Ren seem appropriate for him (although there are certaly queer/trans people on Fet), so I'd like to help him fd somethg to su his needs. Now some gay men on Ren and elsewhere go out of their way to be asshol to queer/trans people—some gay men go out of their way to be asshol to other gay men (and I spect there's a lot of overlap between the two groups)—so I n't promise your son won't enunter an asshole or two on Ren who'll give him grief about his inty, HELM. But stead of focg on the anti-queer/trans asshol gay kk circl and givg them veto power over his e of Ren, perhaps your son should look to the rults of this year's Internatnal Mr.

MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?

Of urse the fact that two trans men have won IML unr a isn't gog to keep gay anti-queer/trans asshol om anonymoly spewg their anti-queer/trans garbage on Ren or elsewhere. But the IML ws of both Thompson and McCormick monstrate that there are gay men on Ren—as well as other queer/trans men on Ren—who are welg and open to men like your son as iends, play partners, romantic partners, and tle holrs. His work appeared the German book Me schul Auge/ my Gay Gaze II, and most recently was a featured artist an exposn at Art Murmur, Oakland, you like his work, you will enjoy his portfol se, Instagram, Twter, and Flickr as well.

GAY DAD

If you’d like to jo the Fom, drop a le at do feel like to fd out that your son is gay?

DAD ACCINTALLY DISVERS HIS TEENAGE SON IS GAY, CONSULTS REDD ON HOW TO RPOND

So my 19-year-old son told me he is gay last night. He don’t “act gay, ” but ’s not a huge leap to image him beg still put me to shock.

”“Don’t get stuck on thkg about the mechanics of gay sex. Bee I’m obvly the person who is gog to have trouble unrstandg that he’s gay.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

Dave, I have a 17-year-old son, and I am fairly sure he is gay.

I psed on our lol PBS affiliate, where a huge choir was sgg, and after a few sends I realized was the Gay Men's Chos of some cy or another dog a fundraisg ncert. At this time my life, I was 99 percent certa I was gay, though nowhere near ready to sprg on my parents. We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of tolerance.

We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of watched as they livered a rendn of what I remember as "Somewhere Over the Rabow, " bee eher they or my memory are unfivably basic.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

Stirrg and brave and subversive, g as did a time before marriage equaly was on the map, a time when you only saw gay people on the news. Good on you for not pot-blank askg your son whether he's gay. It means one simple, pable thg: Once you have told your dad you're gay, there is no gog back.