The days, gay parents are no novelty.
Contents:
- 5 THGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT RAISG A GAY CHILD
- PARENTG A GAY CHILD
- GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
- 10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
5 THGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT RAISG A GAY CHILD
What do I wish I had known about raisg a gay child? It’s a pretty short list and, had I known, I may have stunted my own growth. Bee raisg a gay child has not been much different than raisg a child who is not gay. After all, she’s a child. Well, not any more. But, Pearl once was, and I would like to thk our fay navigated her g out such a manner that she is now a flouris * raising a gay child *
What do I wish I had known about raisg a gay child? Bee raisg a gay child has not been much different than raisg a child who is not gay. We did right by her; thank you, lnchg a kickstarter fundraisg mpaign for "Lovg Pearl, " a book I wrote about raisg my gay child, some have told me how “lucky” my dghter is that we accepted her.
I’ve met several people who have thanked me for havg the urage to wre the book, cludg parents, a few teachers, a pastor and other gay youth who weren’t so “lucky. I was blsed to have gay siblgs growg up.
PARENTG A GAY CHILD
Sometim ’s hard to tell who’s gay and who’s straight. I grew up outsi of New York Cy, the meltg pot, attend llege and worked New York, yet when I found out my son, Jam, age 13, was gay, I reverted to "not my backyard. Although he didn't particularly like ntact sports, he didn't exhib the gay stereotypil image: lisp, rabow lors.
How would he know he's gay, if he never had sex wh a girl? Acrdg to -thor of When Your Child Is Gay, Jonathan L. D., nial is the most mon ial reactn of parents to the joltg news that their child is gay.
GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
When I terviewed straight parents for When Your Child Is Gay, they ed words such as fear, shock, helplsns, strs, and extreme sadns to scribe their experienc wh nial. Why do parents who are normally acceptg of their children go to the nial zone upon learng that their child is gay, bisexual, even transgenr? Beg gay was not part of that plan and this fact was hard to rencile.
Tobk, who is private practice Manhattan, do not expect their child to be gay.
10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
However, be sure you pick a gay-iendly one om an anizatn such as the Amerin Associatn of Psychiatrists that has a divisn of gay therapists om which to choose.
They will be empathetic and unrstandg and turn will ntribute to your unrstandg of what means to be the parent of a gay child. At PFLAG, you will fd parents who have siar feelgs, thoughts, and reactns to havg a gay child. I uldn't be around people who judged me, thought beg gay was a "liftyle" that uld be changed or thought that homosexualy was wrong.