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Contents:
- 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
- HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
- EPISO 4 : BEG GAY WH UNACCEPTG PARENTS
- ‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
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HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
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A new study of lbians, gays and bisexuals, however, suggts another major possible e: parental rejectn.
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EPISO 4 : BEG GAY WH UNACCEPTG PARENTS
Chris Jewell’s parents disowned him after fdg out he was gay, but he is not alone his story of parental rejectn * unaccepting parents gay *
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‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
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’”Chris, sadly, isn’t alone his story of parental fa of equalyAt the time I terviewed him, a Brazilian mother who killed her teenage son for beg gay is sentenced to 25 years prison. Celebry stori of heartbreakg parental rejectn are also November, the Amerin thor and producer Robyn Crawford released a book nfirmg she had had a romantic relatnship wh Whney Hoton – but had to abandon out of fear of the repercsns om Hoton’s by Oprah Wey if would have bothered her if her dghter was gay, Cissy Hoton said “Absolutely. “She even worked Brisbane’s gay bar, ” Chris says.
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