10 Tips for Parents of Gay Kids

Contents:

• 10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS
• PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
• WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
• GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
• THE DIGAL SEX LIV OF YOUNG GAY TEENAGERS
• ORANGTUA, WASPADALAH S GAY KIDS, INI BAHAYANYA!
• MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT
• PASTOR SAYS PARENTS SHOULD 'ALIENATE' GAY KIDS, 'TURN THEM OVER TO SATAN'

10 TIPS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS

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PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE

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WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

Ask them about other kids they know who they n talk to about their qutns, and what thgs are like at their school (is there a Gay-Straight Alliance? "Maybe you always had an klg that your kid was gay or transgenr, maybe you noticed your kid's affectn for a certa someone before they even regnized what those feelgs were, or you noticed certa role mols that they chose and ma some assumptns about what that meant about their inty... 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).

More than 60 percent of LGBT youth e the Inter to nnect wh each other, acrdg to a 2013 study by the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN).

GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

“There are blogs created specifilly for LGBT reasons, and all the owners of those blogs tend to be really good wh advice, ” says a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) stunt om Clton Rosette Middle School DeKalb, Illois. But providg support isn't always easy — pecially if you are the parent of a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or qutng (LGBTQ) child. Advote for a gay-straight alliance (GSA), which has been shown to make schools safer and boost amic performance among LGBTQ stunts.

Team up wh a pediatrician, a unselor at school, close fay members and even muny anizatns — for example, Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) — if you’re havg trouble gog alone. 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.

Issu for parents of gay kids as intified by Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), clu:1. Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships.

THE DIGAL SEX LIV OF YOUNG GAY TEENAGERS

It may be that the child bucks tradnal genr stereotyp or they may not show attentn to the oppose sex; but are the signs of a gay child? Acrdg to some rearch, genr atypil behavr may, fact, be an ditor that the child may grow up to be gay.

So, for example, boys that play wh dolls and have primarily girliends or girls who are tomboys and prefer to play wh guns may have an creased likelihood of growg up to be gay. Another sign your child might be gay is if he is a male that choos more solary sports such as cyclg or swimmg.

ORANGTUA, WASPADALAH S GAY KIDS, INI BAHAYANYA!

There also appears to be a relatnship where the more a child shows genr-nonnformg characteristics, the greater the chance that they may grow up to be gay. While knowg your child is gay may help you ease the transn to adulthood, 's cril to remember that a gay child is jt a child like any other and a parent of gay child is jt a parent, like any other. Parents of gay kids mt e to accept and love their children for who they are and not bee of their sexualy.

MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT

Jo Us at the only event of s kd foced exclively on helpg gay men bee dads by reviewg all available optns. Our Missn: To spire, rm and gui gay, bi and trans men throughout their journey of fay buildg, and then to support the dads to live their bt thentic liv while navigatg fatherhood. Each year, seems, we hear the stori of the clash of culture and genr when a high school stunt who is gay is banned om attendg the prom, or pays a price for gog.

This year is no different, om a Mississippi unty school board banng 18-year-old Constance McMillan, who wanted to wear a tux and brg her girliend, to the Miami gay senr who was crowned prom queen -only to be disowned by his own fay. Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts face unique and often cel stggl to fd their place Amerin high schools. Today, we hear om a Los Angel school admistrator charge of equy and diversy, and om an advote whose anizatn has helped gui gay kids through the maze of high school life.

PASTOR SAYS PARENTS SHOULD 'ALIENATE' GAY KIDS, 'TURN THEM OVER TO SATAN'

COX: Now, is there an office, an anizatn, an agency wh the district that is set up to al specifilly wh the issu of gay stunts? COX: One of the areas that has been an issue the gay, lbian, transgenr muny, as far as public schools are ncerned, is whether or not to tegrate the stunts to the mastream populatn or to some way segregate them, even if is jt for their safety. COX: Is possible, Judy, to tablish wh a school settg, let's say, a program that will benef stunts who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr - not discrimate agast them but at the same time, allow them to have the fort of beg an area where they n feel fortable?

If you'd like to jo the nversatn about the liftyl of gay stunts public high school, you n ll at 800-989-8255.