I Tried To Stop My Son From Beg Gay. I Wish I Hadn't

Contents:

• THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
• 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
• I TRIED TO STOP MY SON OM BEG GAY. HERE’S WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN
• HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS A GAY LOVE STORY, DON'T @ ME
• THE GAY ROMANCE IN THE CURSED CHILD: A LETTER TO JK ROWLG
• OPN I’M GAY. AND I WANT MY KID TO BE GAY, TOO.
• MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT

THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’

It’s based on the te story of Central Park Zoo’s “gay pengus” – and is a lovely story about acceptance and cln.

When Alan’s awful brother Nathan fds out that he’s gay, he threatens to out him to the entire school if Alan don’t pete wh him a high-stak game. Much like the picture books on this list, The Bt Man shows an adult gay relatnship (and weddg) om a child’s perspective.

'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN

The gay character, Jarrett’s iend Ennis, isn’t the central foc, but the ia of ‘beg a man’ is explored through him a really posive way. This Day June by Gayle E.

This picture book bgraphy of the man who missned the rabow flag to be a symbol of the 1970s gay rights movement addrs the ugly antagonism agast homosexuals, but still ronat wh hope for equaly.

I TRIED TO STOP MY SON OM BEG GAY. HERE’S WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN

Seventh grar Joe Bunch knows he is gay, and this sequel to The Misfs optimistilly chronicl his g-out to his iends. Thirteen-year-old Charlie experienc isolatn rultg om racist and homophobic bullyg while at an all-girls’ Christian mp.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS A GAY LOVE STORY, DON'T @ ME

The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. Teen fantasy fans will love this wizardg mystery adventure wh a gay vampire romance twist. Carlos is fabulo and wants to make as a makp artist, but he is not jt a gay stereotype.

THE GAY ROMANCE IN THE CURSED CHILD: A LETTER TO JK ROWLG

Perhaps your teenage son told you that he is gay. We disvered a support group for parents, fai and iends of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people (PFLAG), and we started gog. *This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Qutn & Answer Gui to Everyday Life by Danielle Owens-Reid and Krist Rso.

The book is filled wh real-life exampl om gay kids and their parents. *God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships by Matthew V.

For any parent, disverg that your child is gay n brg so many different feelgs to the surface. Author Matthew V, a gay Christian himself, took a leave of absence om his studi at Harvard back 2010 to rearch the Bible and same-sex relatnships. Killermann is straight but is often assumed gay bee of his admtedly feme tennci genr exprsn.

OPN I’M GAY. AND I WANT MY KID TO BE GAY, TOO.

It also illtrat the range of feelgs that their parents experience as they e to unrstand their gay sons better. But for s, she also rried the secret that she was gay. Kev Jenngs grew up poor, gay, and the closet.

Kev won a scholarship to Harvard, beme a teacher, and time, learned how to live as a proud, openly gay man.

MORN DOS AND DON'TS FOR PARENTS OF GAY KIDS G OUT

Fdg his passn as an activist, Kev helped form the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) to foster a safer environment for LGBT stunts schools. He shar an assortment of ndid, funny, and heartbreakg moments as he grappl wh, and fally embrac, both his fah and sexual inty as a gay man. In April 2013, Joe Bell left his home La Gran, a small town the northeast rner of Oregon, to walk across the untry honor of his 15-year-old son, Jad, who had died Febary a few weeks after attemptg and his wife, Lola Lathrop, told lol and natnal news outlets at the time that Jad was bullied for beg gay, both onle and at school.