'How do I tell my parents I’m gay?' | Metro News

Contents:

• HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
• HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
• ‘HOW DO I TELL MY PARENTS I’M GAY?’
• ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
• HOW DO I DISCS BEG GAY WH MY 8-YEAR-OLD?
• ‘I PLAN TO FALLY TELL MY HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS I’M GAY AND TRANSGENR. BY THAT TIME, THEY N’T DO ANYTHG ABOUT !’
• HOW N I TELL MY PARENTS THAT I'M GAY?
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

You might be feelg nervo, sad, or even aaid to tell your parents that you are gay. Have your parents exprsed negative views about gay people the past? Be sure to be selective about the environment which you tell your parents that you’re gay.

Avoid beg alone wh them when you tell them if they are homophobic or vlent.

HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY

I’m gay.

‘HOW DO I TELL MY PARENTS I’M GAY?’

Your parents will likely have an entire range of qutns to ask you, pecially if they did not spect that you were gay before now.

Some might experience nial, but you should reaffirm to them that you are gay, and tell them ’s not their flt and you don’t need unselg, if they suggt that. Your parents may not know many, if any, gay people and may be stgglg wh this news.

ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"

Collect some pamphlets or articl for parents of gay children and give them to them to look over. Fd out if there is an anizatn or lol group for parents and fai of gay children, like PFLAG, the area.

If you grew up a home wh homophobic parents, know that their reactn might not be ial. You may have never heard them even make a homophobic ment. If you thk they will be nfed, you might want to be prepared to talk to them about when you first thought that you might be gay.

If you are pletely fancially pennt on your fay and you know that they are homophobic, is likely unwise to e out at this time. 3Evaluate their views on gay people. If you regularly heard your parents make disparagg or problematic ments about gay people when you are growg up, know that you will likely not receive a posive reactn when you e out to them.

HOW DO I DISCS BEG GAY WH MY 8-YEAR-OLD?

Article SummaryXTellg your parents that you’re gay n be really difficult, pecially if you’re not sure how they’ll react. The cisn to e out as gay n be very difficult.

Thgs n get even more plited if you have strict relig parents, pecially if they thk gay love is a s. You want to feel very nfint that your parents will ntue to support you spe your gayns.

‘I PLAN TO FALLY TELL MY HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS I’M GAY AND TRANSGENR. BY THAT TIME, THEY N’T DO ANYTHG ABOUT !’

You might also choose to wa until you are actually stg down to talk and say, "I want to let you know that I am gay.

It's possible that your parents might not know much about what means to be gay and the procs of g out. I'm too sred to ask my parents if they have a problem wh gay people. Sunday, October 11 is Natnal Comg Out Day, an annual holiday to support lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBTQ) people choosg to e “out of the closet” and live their life as their te selv.

HOW N I TELL MY PARENTS THAT I'M GAY?

“Help, I’m sred to tell my mom I’m gay! 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.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

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.