'Begners': A Son's 'Love Letter' To His Gay Father : NPR

Contents:

• DAD'S LOVE LETTER TO GAY TEENAGE SON GO VIRAL
• DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL
• ‘I’VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY SCE YOU WERE SIX’: DAD’S MOVG LETTER TO GAY SON GO VIRAL!
• FATHER'S LETTER DISOWNG GAY SON JAM AFTER COMG OUT GO VIRAL
• SUNDAY'S LETTERS: FATHER IS PROUD OF GAY SON'S SUCCS, SMALL FIRMS RELY ON ONLE ADS
• FATHER WR HEARTWARMG LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO GAY SON - PICTURE
• A LETTER OM A GAY SON TO HIS LATE FATHER.
• 'BEGNERS': A SON'S 'LOVE LETTER' TO HIS GAY FATHER
• FATHER'S LETTER DISOWNG GAY SON GO VIRAL
• LETTERS TO FATHERS: A QUALATIVE ANALYSIS OF GAY SONS’ EXPERIENC OF PATERNAL CHILDREARG
• MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE

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.

DAD'S TOUCHG LETTER ACCEPTG GAY SON GO VIRAL

Fans often send photos of spirg ems, om k topped wh “I’m gay! ” The webse founr, a 39-year-old gay man who has a straed relatnship wh his Christian fundamentalist parents—pecially sce he drove around the untry a “Legalize Love” mpaign support of Obama last fall—was personally touched by the note’s simple, powerful msage.

”The natnal anizatn Parents and Fai of Lbian and Gays (PFLAG) also saw the letter and loved . ”Related:Bullied Gay Teen Expelled for Defendg Himself wh Stun GunGay Teens No Longer Movie Sikicks, But StarsTransgenr Girls' Parents Lobby for Her Right to Use the BathroomRelated vio:. '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.

‘I’VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY SCE YOU WERE SIX’: DAD’S MOVG LETTER TO GAY SON GO VIRAL!

' 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.

I’ve known you were gay sce you were six. 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.

"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. John wrote a letter to his gay son, explag his feelgs about his homosexualy.

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

But the thg is, John don’t know if his son is actually gay or straight.

SUNDAY'S LETTERS: FATHER IS PROUD OF GAY SON'S SUCCS, SMALL FIRMS RELY ON ONLE ADS

And if his son is gay, then John will be able to pass on the TWO:Dear Hypothetilly Gay Son,. You’re gay.

It was like when we’re at a rtrant and the waer up mid-be and asks how the meal is, only this metaphor you are the waer and stead of askg me about my meal you said you were gay. I thk I need to fd a funny way to repeat the fact that you’re gay… bee that is what sounds like my head right now.

“My son is gay. My son is gay. Sce beg gay is part of who you are, I love that you’re gay.

FATHER WR HEARTWARMG LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO GAY SON - PICTURE

Jt bee you’re gay don’t mean you’re any ls pable of takg re of/fendg yourself. We’ve showed you the bravery required to e out to your loved on, wh the fear of a reactn like this first letter hangg over so long as long as attus like those the first letter still exist, we all need to keep the rights of and rpect for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people ont of let’s do exactly that today. Of gay son, ‘I uld not love him more’It is appallg to read ntuoly negative ments about those intified as “gay.

”My 60-year-old son is gay. A gay person is who you are, not what you bee.

A father has wrten a letter of acceptance to his gay son Nate after he overheard his plans to e was on the phone to Mike the prev night when he said he was gog to reveal the tth about his sexualy to his parents.

A LETTER OM A GAY SON TO HIS LATE FATHER.

Facebook / FCK8HHowever, Nate's father rpond by leavg a note wh him, sayg: "I've known you were gay sce you were six. I wanted to wre you this letter to let you know that I am no longer a state of hidg who I am: I am a queer & gay man.

A doctor that mak me feel safe and a doctor that unrstands my needs as a gay man.

My own ternal homophobia was cultivated my own hoehold. I ll Masculy™ bee to me is somethg cishetero men have bought; they have bought to the brand of self-monorg so as not to appear too gay or too feme. Have you ever heard the phrase, “no homo”?

'BEGNERS': A SON'S 'LOVE LETTER' TO HIS GAY FATHER

It says a lot about our society that people need to qualify showg emotn wh a term like “bromance” and jtify their affectn for another human by makg sure others know that they are totally straight, bro, and totally not gay! *No homo! In a town where vlence, homophobia, and hypermasculy are met wh the exce “this is how we are, this is how we behave, ” I’m sure you n unrstand how difficult was for me to navigate my genr and sexual inti.

I don’t thk I uld live wh myself if I never got the chance to tell you this, but I’m gay. Six months later, Mills' father — a 75-year-old retired mm director — announced that he's gay.

FATHER'S LETTER DISOWNG GAY SON GO VIRAL

The movie stars Ewan McGregor as a graphic signer whose 75-year-old father, played by Christopher Plummer, has jt e out and wants to experience the gay life he nied himself when he was married. Mills says he remembers the day that his own father took him asi and told him that he didn't jt want to be "theoretilly gay" — that he wanted to do somethg about the feelgs he had reprsed for s.

The next day, we're stg on the uch and he said 'I'm gay.

The equal rights anizatn FCKH8 shared a note on their Facebook page today that's givg those who read a warm and fuzzy the father of a closeted gay teen overheard his son's plans to e out to his fay, he cid to wre him a letter tellg him wasn't necsary bee he already knew - and didn't make any letter reads:Nate, I overheard your phone nversatn wh Mike last night about your plans to e out to me.

LETTERS TO FATHERS: A QUALATIVE ANALYSIS OF GAY SONS’ EXPERIENC OF PATERNAL CHILDREARG

I've known you were gay sce you were six, I've love you sce you were born. Your mom and I thk you and Mike make a cute letter is the latt a seri of wonrful g out stori that have recently gone viral on the ter cludg those of New Jersey teen Jab Rudolph whose parents shared a vio of their son g out at his high school graduatn and the young lbian named Lrel whose mother "cried of happs" after the 15-year-old me out to her fay by bakg a ke wh the words "I'm gay" wrten ostg. "Seemgly wrten by a father to his gay son Jam, the words are damng and hurtful.

Already, has been viewed nearly 850, 000 tim and been reposted by several advocy and gay rights blogs. And for more people than ever, gay and straight, 's changg more toward love and away om fear - at least this particular area.

MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE

Gay sons’ personal experienc of the ways which their father raised them have not been thoroughly addrsed the current body of lerature.