All gay have been raised to share some tras wh a mon source. Some hered behavrs for survival have been eply programmed our bras. However tim are changg, so are we. A tailed look at how current kids are raised and how we are livg for the first time a full generatn of openly gay people.
Contents:
- WHAT IS LIKE GROWG UP GAY?
- 10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
- I CAN’T KEEP MY GAY KID SAFE
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
- GAY KIDS
- GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
WHAT IS LIKE GROWG UP GAY?
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10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
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I CAN’T KEEP MY GAY KID SAFE
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FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
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CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
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GAY KIDS
DANNIELLE OWENS-REID and KRISTIN RUSSO are the founrs of the LGBTQ youth anizatn Everyone Is Gay as well as s pann se for fay members of LGBTQ people, The Parents Project. This September they released their first book, This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Qutn & Answer Gui for Everyday Life (Chronicle, 2014). Fd them on Twter @everyoneisgay and @parentsproject.
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
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