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Contents:
- WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favou … * children being gay *
Children of homosexuals more apt to be homosexuals?
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed. Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1.
Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
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Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual. Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual: a reply to Cameron. [Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data].
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
Parents of gay children may go through an adjtment perd when they fd out their child is gay, but there is support for parents of gay children. * children being gay *
Fay rejectn as a predictor of negative health out whe and Lato lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. Comg of age a heterosexist world: the velopment of gay and lbian adolcents. Sung by a rtoon drag queen, the song prais fai wh gay, lbian, transgenr, and nonbary members, ncludg that “Ace, bi, and pan grownups, you see, n love each other so proudly.
There are also the Care Bears phone s, Teletubbi Pri Collectn, Disney Rabow Gear, and gay Capta Ameri. When do gay kids start “actg gay”? A Mnota school district is facg a Department of Jtice vtigatn and a private lawsu over s alleged failure to bat antigay bullyg.
When do gay children start exhibg telltale signs? A hefty pile of rearch shows that boys as young as 3 years old who break om tradnal genr rol have a high likelihood of beg gay adults.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * children being gay *
) The relatnship isn’t one-to-one, however, and ’s certaly not the se that all boys who love Barbie dolls will later intify as gay. The rrelatn is much weaker the other directn: A disproportnate number of boys who don’t nform to genr stereotyp turn out to be gay men, but lots of gay men played wh G.
Thirty of them beme gay or bisexual adults while jt one child om a 34-member genr-nformg ntrol group turned out to be gay. The subjects who strayed the most om nventnally boyish behavr were the most likely to be gay. There is no magil age at which children adopt stereotypilly gay behavr and keep to adulthood.
Some mothers tell psychologists that they sensed their ltle boy was gay durg fancy. Some rearchers thk genr nonnformg children e their toys to rehearse for a gay adulthood.
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Gay 3-year-old boys n’t verbalize their sire to be wh a man when they grow up—although many such children exhib cshlike behavr toward adult men—but they may be tryg to learn the behavr that will later attract a male partner.
Parents of gay children may be shocked when their kids e out of the closet, but once the dt settl, most parents realize that their child is the same one they have loved and red for all their liv, they jt happen to be gay.
And while parental acceptance is one hurdle for a gay child, there are many other issu facg gay kids and their parents.