My Teen Son Says He's Gay | Psychology Today

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• A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN
• MY TEEN SON SAYS HE'S GAY
• MY LOVELY 16 YEAR OLD SON JT TOLD ME HE'S GAY
• MY 14 YEAR OLD GAY SON IS SEEING A 17 YEAR OLD

A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN

He was a sophomore last year at Fort Pierce Wtwood Amy. Many years after occurred, an anonymo tumblr er has e forward wh a story about the horrific time a man slipped somethg to their drk a gay tablishment and dragged them outsi and to his r.

Lbian, gay and bisexual youth serly ntemplate suici at almost three tim the rate of their heterosexual unterparts. Lbian, gay and bisexual youth are almost five tim as likely to have attempted suici pared to heterosexual youth. In the midst of this three-way screamg my son blurted out "mom and dad you should know that I'm gay.

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MY TEEN SON SAYS HE'S GAY

Beg gay is only one aspect of his inty and he is the same person today that he was before he told you that he is gay.

MY LOVELY 16 YEAR OLD SON JT TOLD ME HE'S GAY

* My md was racg, thought he was gog to tell me he had done somethg really bad/illegal, so was actually relieved when he said I'm gay. I have no issu about him beg gay, *jt wish he'd told me unr better circumstanc and I'd been able to put asi thgs and jt give him a big hug. *JAEN W08/03/2012 at 11:46 pmIt sounds to me like he was tryg to iate a nontatn wh you orr to be able to get the urage to tell you he is gay.

Good Luck xSiar threadsAnonymo09/03/2012 at 2:42 pmHello and thanks for your post Anon I n image how shocked you were last night after son told you that he was gay.

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