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Contents:
- SHOULD I LET MY (MAYBE) GAY TEENAGE SON HAVE SLEEPOVERS WH BOYS?
- THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
- HOW ONE DAD HELPED HIS GAY TEEN SON COME OUT
- MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
SHOULD I LET MY (MAYBE) GAY TEENAGE SON HAVE SLEEPOVERS WH BOYS?
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Over the past year, however, I have bee creasgly nvced that he is gay. I’ve found gay porn on his laptop (y, I snoop; I pay the bill and I’m his dad), he’s shown ZERO tert girls, and he has always been a tad effemate, though I know that’s probably an unfair stereotype.
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THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
But if my son were gay, I would have a different, stricter set of l regardg male iends. And if he’s not gay, I worry I uld serly damage our relatnship and hurt his pri by suggtg he is. “Instead of a direct nontatn—are you gay or what?
—DUD uld make gay issu a part of the day’s general nversatn.
HOW ONE DAD HELPED HIS GAY TEEN SON COME OUT
For stance, if a not-yet-out gay kid is crisis, or if a parent stumbl over evince that a not-yet-out gay kid is dog somethg risky, a parent n and should go the “are you gay or what?
MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
In your se, DUD, you already know your son is gay—“Browsers don’t lie, ” says Schwartz—and the fact that your son might be havg sex his room, thereby breakg dad’s hoe l, may rise to the level of “are you gay or what?