Dad, You're Gay? I Am, Too : NPR

Contents:

• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
• AFTER 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY DAD CAME OUT AS GAY
• MY DAD COMG OUT AS GAY CHANGED OUR LIV — AND GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO BE MYSELF
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

Are you a dghter whose dad is gay?

Or are you a gay dad? gay: 1. Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together.

If you have a gay dad or a lbian mom, after they separate, which of them is most likely to remarry or to remarry and then divorce?

HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY

Lbian moms are more likely than gay dads to marry their same-sex partner. But gay dads are ls likely to get divorced om their hbands than lbian moms are to get divorced om their wiv. Gay men may experience more discrimatn than lbians, pecially if they are parents.

AFTER 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY DAD CAME OUT AS GAY

Our society is still ls acceptg of gay men beg fathers than of lbians beg mothers.

But perhaps the most important rearch fdg is that gay dads and their dghters have closer relatnships when dads tell the tth—and the dads are ls clilly prsed than dads who hi this important rmatn om their children (Tornello, 2018). Sadly, gay fathers are more aaid than lbian mothers to tell their children the tth, regardls of their age. So if you as a dghter or as a gay dad are still tiptoeg around the topic, ’s time to give yourselv a gift by gettg this skeleton out of the closet.

(2018) Adult children of gay fathers. Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166. If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay.

MY DAD COMG OUT AS GAY CHANGED OUR LIV — AND GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO BE MYSELF

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. 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? They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSocial Q’sA rear asks for advice on talkg to her father about his new romantic dad me out as gay to my mom and me two years ago, and my parents got divorced. Sce then, he beiend another gay man. My brother picked up the word for "gay" – a word my dad repeated several tim durg that that pot, my parents had told they had problems their marriage, but a few months later, when I was around ne years old, we still went on our annual fay summer holiday to France.

Until, out of nowhere, my brother sudnly asked, "Dad, are you gay? "There aren't a lot of gay people out there wh a wife and children, " he told me.

I once tagged along wh him to his favoure gay bar, where I met all the iends he's ma there over the years. I thk my dad is secretly gay. I didn’t fd any evince about him beg gay, but this is what I thk is gog on.

DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO

Anyway, my fay members have recently e up wh the ia he may be secretly gay which is why he’s an alholic and n’t sta any relatnships wh women (although he tri very hard to.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

I thk he was always cheatg on my mom bee ep down he knew he was gay but figured that he jt need to fd the “right” woman to make “ go away”).