'Don't Sneak': Dad's Unexpected Advice To His Gay Son In The '50s : NPR

Contents:

• DAD'S LOVE LETTER TO GAY TEENAGE SON GO VIRAL
• DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL
• FATHER'S LETTER DISOWNG GAY SON JAM AFTER COMG OUT GO VIRAL
• 'DON'T SNEAK': DAD'S UNEXPECTED ADVICE TO HIS GAY SON IN THE '50S

DAD'S LOVE LETTER TO GAY TEENAGE SON GO VIRAL

A letter wrten om a dad to his gay son Nate is gog viral on the Inter bee of s simple, hopeful msage of om She: What I Will Do if My Son is Gay“I overheard your phone nversatn wh Mike last night about your plans to e out to me, ” reads. I’ve known you were gay sce you were six, I’ve loved you sce you were born. : Bullyg Study: It Do Get Better for Gay TeensThe letter was posted on the Facebook page of, an anizatn aimed at empowerg youth through s snarky, gay-posive T-shirts, vios and activist mpaigns.

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DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL

'I’ve known you were gay sce you were six, I’ve loved you sce you were born': Dad’s touchg letter acceptg gay son go viral Published: 05:15 BST, 16 March 2013 | Updated: 17:24 BST, 18 March 2013 A simple gture of unndnal love om a dad to his gay son has taken the ter by Michigan high-school stunt, known only as Nate, had clearly been ncerned about revealg his sexualy to his his g out nversatn was preempted by his father, who wrote a tenr note explag that he had known his son was gay for years and simply didn't re. ' Touchg: One Michigan dad put his son's fears about g out to rt wh this lovg letter The note first appeared on the Facebook page of, an anti-homophobia anizatn, on Thursday. I'm gay.

A heartbreakg letter, allegedly penned by an unsupportive father to his gay son, has gone viral the blogosphere. Origally upload to Redd and posted by Athlete Ally founr (and HuffPost Gay Voic blogger) Hudson Taylor on his Facebook profile, the letter is addrsed simply to "Jam, " and reads as follows: "I hope your telephone ll was not to receive my blsg for the gradg of your liftyle.

FATHER'S LETTER DISOWNG GAY SON JAM AFTER COMG OUT GO VIRAL

"View an image of the letter below, then scroll down to keep readg: Redd er RegBarc, who upload the image of the letter, says the letter was wrten five years ago after he me out as gay to his father. '" Watch the vio above to see a HuffPost Live segment featurg muny members, bloggers and HuffPost Gay Voic Edor Noah Michelson discsg the letter and the difficulti of g out to fay You GoHorrific Anti-Gay StatementsPopular the CommunyYou May Like. 'Don't Sneak': Dad's Unexpected Advice To His Gay Son In The '50s.

Patrick Haggerty, now 70, didn't know he was gay at the time, but says his father knew what directn he was head. "And out of all the thgs a father 1959 uld have told his gay son, my father tells me to be proud of myself and not sneak, " Haggerty says.

'DON'T SNEAK': DAD'S UNEXPECTED ADVICE TO HIS GAY SON IN THE '50S

John wrote a letter to his gay son, explag his feelgs about his homosexualy. But the thg is, John don’t know if his son is actually gay or straight.