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Contents:
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY
- MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
- WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
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 childern *
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. Hate crim preventn – workg to prevent gay bashg and other forms of hate crim agast gay kids. Health – addrsg the health ncerns of gay kids as they e to adulthood.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
Many parents stggle for years to adjt after learng child is gay, acrdg to a new study om Gee Washgton Universy public health rearchers. * gay childern *
Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships. Safe schools – parents of gay children ensurg a safe learng environment.
Workplace fairns – supportg the gay child and any issu they face when enterg the workforce.
Parentg a Gay Child – Signs of a Gay Child.
WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY
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Sometim, long before a child out as gay, a parent spects that a child might be gay.
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.
MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * gay childern *
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. It's important to thk about why a parent r about havg a gay child though.
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. Parents of gay kids mt e to accept and love their children for who they are and not bee of their sexualy.
Support for Parents of Gay Children. There is no doubt though, parents of gay children often go through an adjtment perd.
WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favou … * gay childern *
Organizatns, though, are available to help support parents of gay kids. 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.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
Parents of gay kids n fd 200, 000 PFLAG supporters 350 chapters across the Uned Stat. PFLAG supports loved on of homosexuals by providg helpl, support group meetgs, tn and rourc.
PFLAG also advot for the rights of homosexuals on a lol, state and natnal level. Parents of Gay Children and the Issu They Face, HealthyPlace.
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Both lbians and gay men often have a history of cross-sex-typed behavrs: ltle boys beg fatuated wh their mother's makp k; ltle girls enamored of field hockey or profsnal wrtlg. Prehomosexual boys tend to be more attracted to solary sports such as swimmg, cyclg and tennis than they are to rougher ntact sports such as football and soccer.
Children who show pronounced sex-atypil behavrs may have more of a geic loadg to their homosexualy. The behavral patterns are feared, loathed and often spoken of directly as harbgers of adult homosexualy.
It is only relatively recently, however, that velopmental scientists have nducted ntrolled studi to intify the earlit and most reliable signs of adult homosexualy. In lookg refully at the childhoods of gay adults, rearchers are fdg an trigug set of behavral ditors that homosexuals seem to have mon. Curly enough, the age-old homophobic fears of many parents reflect some genue predictive currency.