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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?
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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. 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?
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
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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.
HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
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HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU 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. (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.
ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
You may have heard your parents make homophobic ments before, but maybe you don't really unrstand why they feel the way they do.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Start a dialogue wh them about their feelgs about gay people and e active listeng skills to tly hear their si of thgs. Your parents may try to shg off when you ask "Why are you agast gay people? 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.