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my son has told me he is gay

There's a new Android app out (here's the English versn) lled "Is My Son Gay?" which one n answer an easy seri of qutns ("Are you divorced?") that will tell you if, fact, your son is a gay person.

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YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?

DEAR DEIDRE: RECENTLY I found out my son is gay and I am stgglg to accept were always very close. He was my world and we did everythg toge * my son has told me he is gay *

For straight parents, havg a child reveal that he is gay n be a jolt. You might ask how long he or she has known, and why he feels he is gay, bi, or trans, suggts Jonathan Tobk, M.

THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

D., a psychiatrist private practice New York Cy and the -thor of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

You n fd one through the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists. Take the extra step and show your child that you are terted beg the parent of a gay child. Edute yourself on what means to be gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

MY SON TOLD ME HE’S GAY AND I’M STGGLG TO ACCEPT

PFLAG, or Parents for Lbians and Gays, which now has a group for transgenr youth, and holds natnwi chapters and meetgs;.

“I’m gay.

MY BOY IS NOT SO GLAD TO BE GAY

I have had gay iends (and been eply hurt and disappoted when beme obv.

He never wanted to be gay. To iends of me who may have gay children, or be gay themselv, please five me for my ignorance. I don’t know if I’ll ever be “okay” wh the gay liftyle, but right now, I am okay wh my son beg gay, and right now, that is all that matters.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY

What would you do if your child told you they were gay? When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns. As a matter of fact, you might someday look back and fd that you are grateful for the experience of havg a gay or lbian child.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* MY SON HAS TOLD ME HE IS GAY

This is how I really reacted when my son told me he was gay – SheKnows .

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