Wall Street CEOs open up about their gay sons

Contents:

• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T
• RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS
• IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
• PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
• WALL STREET CEOS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR GAY SONS
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO OFFICIATE GAY WEDDGS HOP WEB SIGNER’S SCOTUS W HELPS HER
• WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON
• MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay. EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier.

In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn. By now u probably have an ia of what i am about to I am gayRyan: i n’t believe i jt told youMom: Are you jokg?

Ryan: i know i amRyan: i don’t like hannahRyan: ’s jt a ver-upMom: but that don’t make you gay…Ryan: i knowRyan: but u don’t unrstandRyan: i am gayMom: tell me moreRyan: ’s jt the way i am and ’s somethg i knowRyan: u r not a lbian and u know that.

I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T

Ryan: i am jt gayRyan: i am thatMom: I love you no matter whatRyan: i am whe not blackRyan: i knowRyan: i am a boy not a girlRyan: i am attracted to boys not girlsRyan: u know that about yourself and i know thisMom: what about what God thks about actg on the sir?

Not that we didn’t know and love gay people — my only brother had e out to several years before, and we adored him. I tried to pray the gay away wh my teenage son. The feelgs you’ve had for other guys don’t make you gay.

RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS

So please don’t tell anyone that you ARE gay. Your inty is not that you are gay — is that you are a child of love you. He read all the Christian books that explaed where his gay feelgs me om and dove to unselg to further disver the orig of his unwanted attractn to other guys.

IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN

And we lost the abily to love our gay son, bee we no longer had a gay son. What we had wished, prayed and hoped for — that we would not have a gay son — me te.

But not at all the way we had, when I thk back on the fear that erned all my reactns durg those first six years after Ryan told he was gay, I crge as I realize how foolish I was. Now, whenever Rob and I jo our gay iends for an eveng, I thk about how much I would love to be visg wh Ryan and his partner over dner.

PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE

“You a’t gay, is you?

Meanwhile, plenty of Twter ers fend the rapper’s homophobia. No rponsible human beg wants their child to be a homosexual Blue face did nothg wrong— GroovePapi? (@groovepapi) July 7, 2023. What wrong wh not wantg your kid to be gay?

WALL STREET CEOS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR GAY SONS

Joe Ziegler, a special agent wh the tax agency for 13 years, scribed himself as a "gay Democrat married to a man" and said he cid to e forward spe his personal polics bee he believ "no one should be above the law regardls of your polil affiliatn.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

"I equate this to the experience and feelgs I enuntered when g out [as gay], " said Ziegler. The tumnal landspe of southern Poland sh wrer-director Ka Krawczycki’s new feature, Elephant (Słoń), addg h layers to the faiar tale of a ral young man disverg his sexualy a homophobic town. When a neighbour on a nearby farm di, his tranged gay son Dawid (Paweł Tomaszewski) returns to al wh his affairs.

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

Homophobia the muny is rife and opprsive, but rarely overt. 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.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO OFFICIATE GAY WEDDGS HOP WEB SIGNER’S SCOTUS W HELPS HER

Issu for parents of gay kids as intified by Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), clu:1. Fay acceptance – n the rt of the fay accept the gay child as the parents of the gay child has.

Hate crim preventn – workg to prevent gay bashg and other forms of hate crim agast gay kids.

WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON

Health – addrsg the health ncerns of gay kids as they e to adulthood. Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships.

Safe schools – parents of gay children ensurg a safe learng environment. Workplace fairns – supportg the gay child and any issu they face when enterg the workforce. Parentg a Gay Child – Signs of a Gay Child.

Sometim, long before a child out as gay, a parent spects that a child might be gay. 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.

MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE

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. 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.

It's important to thk about why a parent r about havg a gay child though. 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.