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Contents:
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
- HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
- HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
- “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
- ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
Livg wh homophobic parents n be a paful and difficult suatn. Whether you are gay yourself, have a close loved one or iend who is, or jt support the LGBT movement general, alg wh tolerance is tough. If your... * my parents are gay *
Are you a dghter whose dad is gay?
Or are you a gay dad? gay: 1. Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together.
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
* my parents are gay *
If you have a gay dad or a lbian mom, after they separate, which of them is most likely to remarry or to remarry and then divorce? Lbian moms are more likely than gay dads to marry their same-sex partner. But gay dads are ls likely to get divorced om their hbands than lbian moms are to get divorced om their wiv.
Gay men may experience more discrimatn than lbians, pecially if they are parents. Our society is still ls acceptg of gay men beg fathers than of lbians beg mothers. But perhaps the most important rearch fdg is that gay dads and their dghters have closer relatnships when dads tell the tth—and the dads are ls clilly prsed than dads who hi this important rmatn om their children (Tornello, 2018).
HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
Havg gay parents n make life outsi of your hoe a ltle more plited than if you had straight parents. However, don't make life si your hoe any different om everyone else your age. This means that alg wh... * my parents are gay *
Sadly, gay fathers are more aaid than lbian mothers to tell their children the tth, regardls of their age. So if you as a dghter or as a gay dad are still tiptoeg around the topic, ’s time to give yourselv a gift by gettg this skeleton out of the closet.
HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
(2018) Adult children of gay fathers.
“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166.
Livg wh homophobic parents n be a paful and difficult suatn. Whether you are gay yourself, have a close loved one or iend who is, or jt support the LGBT movement general, alg wh tolerance is tough. If your parents have said or done homophobic thgs the past, you might try to ga an unrstandg of their viewpots and work to change them.
You may have heard your parents make homophobic ments before, but maybe you don't really unrstand why they feel the way they do. Start a dialogue wh them about their feelgs about gay people and e active listeng skills to tly hear their si of thgs.
ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
Your parents may try to shg off when you ask "Why are you agast gay people?
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
In some s, this might perta to their relig beliefs, but you might also unver a eper, or more personal reason that they are agast gay people.