My Son Is Gay | Today's Christian Woman

Contents:

• PARENT SPECTS THAT CHILD MIGHT BE GAY
• MY SON IS GAY
• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
• MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
• THE ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI HAD A GAY LOVE SONG
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN

PARENT SPECTS THAT CHILD MIGHT BE GAY

A g-of-age gay narrative, replete wh a mil number about Madge’s first csh (on the Pied Piper). Personally, as a gay man, there’s also somethg wonrful about seeg the word ‘Queer’ emblazoned so proudly above the venerable Garrick Theatre.

Growg up the noughti, even though the law preventg teachers om talkg to their pupils about queer liftyl was repealed 2003, homophobic attus were still rife, and we n see the rpons Madge’s teachers had to the creativy and imagatn that their parents supported. The power of My Son’s A Queer is that rri forth the fiance agast this homophobic expectatn that queer kids (and any kids who don’t f to the mould of ltle boy stume or ltle girl stume) should hi themselv away until they f. ), sat down wh GAY TIMES to discs beg on stage, the tap behd their performance, and upliftg LGBTQ+ people.

As I relayed When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterlg, 2016), I found out that my son was gay om a note wh our son's name entwed wh another boy's, surround by a heart. I had spected at tim that he was gay. Had I asked him if he were gay when he was 13, he probably would have fensively said "No!

MY SON IS GAY

San Berland, the mother of a gay son who ach parents of LGBTQ kids, utn, "It's not a good ia to ask. Acrdg to my -thor, psychiatrist Jonathan Tobk, "Gay children feel credibly vulnerable when g out to their parents, and tak time to work up the urage to do this. Mol acceptance by not g gay slurs and never tellg gay jok.

Watch gay-themed shows together such as "The Fosters" and "Will and Grace.

" How do they pict gay people? React kdly to gay people the news or on televisn.

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

In a way, you have an advantage by not knowg; giv you more time to prepare for the day (if ever) when he do reveal he's gay. Believe or not, ’s a hopeful sign that your teen son has brought up the subject of same-sex attractn and homosexualy. It will also strengthen your bond — and a good parent-child relatnship is one of the bt l of fense agast homosexualy.

MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?

Joe Dallas, an expert this field, says that there are three different ways the word “homosexualy” is ed:.

The word n refer to a homosexual ndn or orientatn — when an dividual is sexually aroed primarily by members of the same sex.

THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE

“Homosexualy” n be ed to mean specifilly homosexual behavr — other words, sexual ntact wh a person of the same sex. The word is often ed to scribe a ame of md when a person se homosexualy as a primary intifyg characteristic (ually acpanied by acceptance of homosexualy as beg normal and moral). A “homosexual” this sense of the term is an dividual who intifi as “gay.

THE ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI HAD A GAY LOVE SONG

Feelgs aren’t proof that anyone is “born gay. Signs of pre-homosexualy. Some signs of pre-homosexualy show up early a child’s life as what might be lled “cross-genr behavr.

GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN

101 Frequently Asked Qutns About Homosexualy. Unrstandg Male Homosexualy: God’s Power to Change Liv. Is My Teen Stgglg Wh Homosexualy?

Rpondg to Teen Child Who Says He’s Gay. Support for Parents of Child Who Says He’s Gay.