When my son told he was gay, I wanted to protect him om the meanns of the world, but I also uldn’t image askg him to hi who he really is.
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OUR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HE WAS GAY
He was a sophomore last year at Fort Pierce Wtwood Amy.
He took a be of chicken and announced, his matter-of-fact way, “I hope you know I’m gay. In a flood of words, he told me he wanted to tell his iends that he was gay— felt like he was keepg a secret om them, and when he thought about too much, ma him feel heart ached, and I wished I uld rewd to the time when kiss and cuddl fixed absolutely everythg. ” to “Who are you gay wh?
So when another stunt said somethg to him like, “Well, at least I’m not gay! 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.
YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
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.
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;. The effect of this diagnosis is that cisgenr gay and lbian children, who also equently display cross-genr preferenc whout clarg themselv to be the oppose genr before puberty, were ught up the clicians’ studi and so of urse they would “sist” later on.