As part of LGBT Pri month, Tell Me More is sharg says by those who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr on how they told others about their sexual orientatn. Today, web producer Christopher Harry scrib g out to his father after learng that his father was also gay.
Contents:
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
- MY DAD IS GAY AND SO AM I. QUTNS?
- IM GAY AND IM ATTRACTED TO MY FATHER..
- MY DAD COMG OUT AS GAY CHANGED OUR LIV — AND GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO BE MYSELF
- AFTER 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY DAD CAME OUT AS GAY
- GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
- IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
* my dad is gay and so am i *
Are you a dghter whose dad is gay? Or are you a gay dad?
DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
I thk I was about 16 when my dad me out as gay. Followg a seri of hospalisatns relatg to his mental health, the time had e for him to start talkg about his sexualy. In the years that have sce passed, I have also e out and subsequently been asked var rctive and predictable qutns... * my dad is gay and so am i *
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?
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.
HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
Growg up wh a gay father created challeng for both my Dad & I. His journey out of the Bible Belt & closet was not easy. Most importantly though . . . * my dad is gay and so am i *
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.
Dad, You're Gay? Guts and iends of the program who are eher lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr are sharg their stori of g out to those clost to them: fay, iends, and even -workers.
MY DAD IS GAY AND SO AM I. QUTNS?
He wanted me to know he was gay before I read the papers.
" I took a ep breath and then said, "I thk I'm gay too. If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay.
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.
IM GAY AND IM ATTRACTED TO MY FATHER..
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. 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 DAD COMG OUT AS GAY CHANGED OUR LIV — AND GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO BE MYSELF
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. My Dad is Gay and so am I. I grew up beg told to hate the gay part of my dad, and I did.
I grew up beg told to hate the gay part of myself, and I did.
AFTER 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY DAD CAME OUT AS GAY
I thk I was about 16 when my dad me out as gay. ""Is your brother gay, too?
GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
Studi homosexualy and geics have recently proffered nclive rults, and will probably ntue to do so. Science and society sist on workg out why homosexualy 'exists' and a lot of the time is handled sensively, servg only to further alienate those who don't inty as heterosexual. In a society that still routely fetish homosexualy ("are you the postman, or the post-box?
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
If y'know what I mean"), and ascrib certa rctive stereotyp based upon on sexual orientatn ("I was never sure about you, you don't look or sound gay") I thk there are very few people who feel totally safe their g out. Irrpective of my own sexualy, havg a gay parent n rry a lot of stigma and give rise to lots of qutns more generally.