In this week’s What Your Therapist Really Thks lumn, an 18-year-old wants to know what to do about his parents, who haven’t accepted that he is gay.
Contents:
- HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
- HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
- ‘HOW DO I TELL MY PARENTS I’M GAY?’
- AM I GAY?
- ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
- HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
- 'I'M 26 AND MY FAY DON'T KNOW I'M GAY'
- ‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
Comg out to your parents n be a very difficult nversatn. You might be feelg nervo, sad, or even aaid to tell your parents that you are gay. You n have this talk if you prepare for properly and then iate a uful... * do my parents know im 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 TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * do my parents know im gay *
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.
Collect some pamphlets or articl for parents of gay children and give them to them to look over.
‘HOW DO I TELL MY PARENTS 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. If your... * do my parents know im gay *
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.
AM I GAY?
The cisn to e out as gay n be very difficult. You want to be hont wh those you re about, but you don't know how they will react. Thgs n get even more plited if you have strict relig parents, pecially if they... * do my parents know im gay *
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. Article SummaryXTellg your parents that you’re gay n be really difficult, pecially if you’re not sure how they’ll react.
ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
Do gay people have a duty to be out and proud to everyone? This wrer don't thk so * do my parents know im gay *
Do my parents know I'm gay??? I was at dner, and the top of gay people me up.
My parents said they shut down a homophobe at work today, and they were all like acceptg and sh and I don't know if my face was beg a bch and nfirmg their spicns and sh, or 's lerally jt a cince. If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay. If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp.
HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others.
If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay. Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as.
I thk he might be gay. If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay. How do I tell if a child is gay?
'I'M 26 AND MY FAY DON'T KNOW I'M GAY'
They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual. For everythg you need to know on how to tell your mom that you're gay, read on. The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle: (888) 843-4564.
You may realize, for stance, that you really want your mom to know when you realized you were gay. "Mom, I'm gay.
Article SummaryXTellg your mom that you’re gay n be nerve-wrackg, but wh a plan and a ltle bravery, you n get off your cht.
‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
You might want to clu thgs like when you learned you were gay, what ’s been like for you, and what your hop are for the future. I'm gay.
This tt is to help people ci whether 's the right time to e out as gay, lbian, bi, pan, trans, etc., to their parents. When gay marriage was legalized the U.