The days, gay parents are no novelty.
Contents:
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
- HOW TO RPOND WHEN YOUR CHILD TELLS YOU THEY'RE GAY
- I WAS THE GAY KID, AND YOUR KID MIGHT BE TOO (SO PRACTICE ACCEPTANCE STARTG NOW)
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
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. * gay kid forum *
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.
Fay acceptance – n the rt of the fay accept the gay child as the parents of the gay child has.
CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
* gay kid forum *
Hate crim preventn – workg to prevent gay bashg and other forms of hate crim agast gay kids.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
How to Rpond When Your Child Tells You They're Gay, Meg Gemelli - Read more about Christian parentg and fay. * gay kid forum *
Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships.
Workplace fairns – supportg the gay child and any issu they face when enterg the workforce.
Sometim, long before a child out as gay, a parent spects that a child might be gay.
GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
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. 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.
HOW TO RPOND WHEN YOUR CHILD TELLS YOU THEY'RE 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.
I WAS THE GAY KID, AND YOUR KID MIGHT BE TOO (SO PRACTICE ACCEPTANCE STARTG NOW)
Parents of gay kids mt e to accept and love their children for who they are and not bee of their sexualy. There is no doubt though, parents of gay children often go through an adjtment perd.
The most well-known anizatn is Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
PFLAG was started 1972 wh the act of a mother publicly supportg her gay son.