A Letter to Her Gay Son: Spreadg Lr Mayeno's Profound Msage | HuffPost Contributor

Contents:

• MUM’S HEARTBREAKG LETTER TO GAY SON
• DEAR PARENT OF A GAY CHILD
• DAD'S LOVE LETTER TO GAY TEENAGE SON GO VIRAL
• MUM'S HEARTBREAKG LETTER TO GAY SON
• DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL
• A MOTHER'S LETTER TO HER GAY SON BCE DAVID CIELLO
• ‘I’VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY SCE YOU WERE SIX’: DAD’S MOVG LETTER TO GAY SON GO VIRAL!
• A LETTER TO HER GAY SON: SPREADG LR MAYENO'S PROFOUND MSAGE
• OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS OF GAY KIDS: THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU
• FATHER WR HEARTWARMG LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO GAY SON - PICTURE

MUM’S HEARTBREAKG LETTER TO GAY SON

A mother has shared the heartbreakg letter she wrote to her youngt son to apologise for her reactn when he me out as Abboud wrote to her son Patrick, a Sydney-based journalist and TV prenter, as part of the #AbsolutLoveLetters iative, to expla the “shame” she felt when she learnt he was gay. “When you me out and told me that you are gay I got hysteril as at the time I didn’t unrstand , and thought was your choice to be that way, ” the letter reads.

Patrick grew up a strict Arab hoehold Sydney’s wtern suburbs, and for years, he didn’t even know that beg gay was even an optn.

Homosexualy was still illegal his parents’ homeland – his mother is Lebane and his father is Paltian. “I had a girliend for a long time and tried to ‘pray the gay away’ and that lasted years. When you me out and told me that you are gay I got hysteril as at the time I didn’t unrstand , and thought was your choice to be that way, I wasn’t ted about , people said was a shame to our Arabic muny and society didn’t accept .

DEAR PARENT OF A GAY CHILD

I stggled si for a very long time but I started searchg, learng and talkg to profsnal people about until I unrstood the way I need to, that gay people don’t have a choice to be how they are, they are God’s betiful creatns and there shouldn’t be any discrimatn agast them.

DAD'S LOVE LETTER TO GAY TEENAGE SON GO VIRAL

In fact, I found after meetg your betiful partner and some of your gay and lbian iends, that they are more lovg and rg for others than most. Fay Life Dear Parent of a Gay Child, You are not alone.

You may have grown up thkg that gay people f to a certa five mold, and your child acted “straight” through the years, only to seemgly sudnly reveal their same-sex attractn. Most of have heard of the LGBT words: lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr. Others entst only their parents wh their secret until the timg is right to tell may feel happy, relieved, sad, sred, angry, nfed, or all of the above when you fd out your child is gay.

MUM'S HEARTBREAKG LETTER TO GAY SON

As a parent of a gay child, you may be surprised how many people react wh love and unrstandg. I reached out to my lol PFLAG — a natnwi group that holds regular meetgs for parents of gay children (no matter the age).

It's also where I learned about Tvada, a daily pill aimed at batg HIV wh high-risk groups (gay men, for example).

DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL

It was a wonrful experience to meet all the other fay members and hear their stori and learn om a parent n be very sry, pecially today’s tumultuo a parent to a gay child n often add an extra layer of worry and fear. The good news is that gay rights have e a long way sce we were young.

Whether you are gay, straight, bi, pan, asexual, or everythg parents, ntu to be our job to love and protect and support our children. A letter wrten om a dad to his gay son Nate is gog viral on the Inter bee of s simple, hopeful msage of om She: What I Will Do if My Son is Gay“I overheard your phone nversatn wh Mike last night about your plans to e out to me, ” reads. I’ve known you were gay sce you were six, I’ve loved you sce you were born.

A MOTHER'S LETTER TO HER GAY SON BCE DAVID CIELLO

: Bullyg Study: It Do Get Better for Gay TeensThe letter was posted on the Facebook page of, an anizatn aimed at empowerg youth through s snarky, gay-posive T-shirts, vios and activist mpaigns. Fans often send photos of spirg ems, om k topped wh “I’m gay! ” The webse founr, a 39-year-old gay man who has a straed relatnship wh his Christian fundamentalist parents—pecially sce he drove around the untry a “Legalize Love” mpaign support of Obama last fall—was personally touched by the note’s simple, powerful msage.

”The natnal anizatn Parents and Fai of Lbian and Gays (PFLAG) also saw the letter and loved .

‘I’VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY SCE YOU WERE SIX’: DAD’S MOVG LETTER TO GAY SON GO VIRAL!

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Photo / SuppliedA mother has shared the heartbreakg letter she wrote to her youngt son to apologise for her reactn when he me out as Abboud wrote to her son Patrick, a Sydney-based journalist and TV prenter, as part of the #AbsolutLoveLetters iative, to expla the "shame" she felt when she learnt he was gay. "When you me out and told me that you are gay I got hysteril as at the time I didn't unrstand , and thought was your choice to be that way, " the letter reads. Patrick grew up a strict Arab hoehold Sydney's wtern suburbs, and for years, he didn't even know that beg gay was even an optn.

Homosexualy was still illegal his parents' homeland – his mother is Lebane and his father is Paltian, this, 's not surprisg Patrick nied his sexualy for years. "I had a girliend for a long time and tried to 'pray the gay away' and that lasted years.

A LETTER TO HER GAY SON: SPREADG LR MAYENO'S PROFOUND MSAGE

"MARIE'S LOVE LETTER TO PATRICKMy darlg baby boy Pat, Well not so much a baby anymore, a betiful grown up man (but as the youngt our fay you'll always be my baby son) you me out and told me that you are gay I got hysteril as at the time I didn't unrstand , and thought was your choice to be that way, I wasn't ted about , people said was a shame to our Arabic muny and society didn't accept .

I stggled si for a very long time but I started searchg, learng and talkg to profsnal people about until I unrstood the way I need to, that gay people don't have a choice to be how they are, they are God's betiful creatns and there shouldn't be any discrimatn agast fact, I found after meetg your betiful partner and some of your gay and lbian iends, that they are more lovg and rg for others than most. 'I’ve known you were gay sce you were six, I’ve loved you sce you were born': Dad’s touchg letter acceptg gay son go viral Published: 05:15 BST, 16 March 2013 | Updated: 17:24 BST, 18 March 2013 A simple gture of unndnal love om a dad to his gay son has taken the ter by Michigan high-school stunt, known only as Nate, had clearly been ncerned about revealg his sexualy to his his g out nversatn was preempted by his father, who wrote a tenr note explag that he had known his son was gay for years and simply didn't re. ' Touchg: One Michigan dad put his son's fears about g out to rt wh this lovg letter The note first appeared on the Facebook page of, an anti-homophobia anizatn, on Thursday.

I'm gay.

OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS OF GAY KIDS: THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU

A simple explanatn he was gay and he was mtg suici. As keepg his homosexualy a secret beme his poison, his suici has bee me. It's still so hard to unrstand that your beg gay was the e of your suici.

Not long ago, I read a sad story where a gay teen wrote he was "wag for his mother to ask him if he was gay, " bee he uldn't brg himself to say . It ma me wonr were you wag for me to ask you if you were gay?

Sadly, you weren't exposed to an open, healthy outlook on gay sexualy to help brg you to self-acceptance.

FATHER WR HEARTWARMG LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO GAY SON - PICTURE

Granted, homosexualy was not visible, but your bt iend had a gay big brother who me out, and Tony and I had gay iends, and you knew they were loved and rpected. I believe we are all some way rponsible for yours and untls others aths om the homophobic attus that our society general embrac, to my own failure to have provid a proper sexual tn beyond the boundari of heterosexual love; and cludg trimental ments or jok you would have been exposed to by those you knew, who did not know they were affectg you.

Bce and his mom Spir, boundls and eePart of the universeA star the nightForever a part of God's mystil plan Wh all my love forever, Mom Roz Michaels next: A Price Too High~ all gay is ok!