Many parents stggle for years to adjt after learng child is gay, acrdg to a new study om Gee Washgton Universy public health rearchers.
Contents:
- I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
- 'ACCEPT' AND 'TOLERATE' MY GAY KID? THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOUR CHILD IS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- HBAND DON’T ACCEPT OUR GAY SON - HOW N I CHANGE HIS MD?
- MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
- FAI LIKE ME: CHILDREN OF GAY PARENTS TELL IT LIKE IT IS
I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
Qutn: TWO months ago my son Gav, 29, announced that he is gay. He me home one weekend to expla to me and my hband that he has been livg wh his partner for three months and has known he was gay sce he was 17. * can't accept gay son *
I [53M] n't accept that my son [21M] is gay.
My 21 year old son jt me out as gay to his mother and I. I did not want to have a gay son. I jt n’t wrap my head around havg a son that’s gay.
I don't agree wh homosexualy. Homosexualy is patible wh real masculy and therefore full male adulthood.
'ACCEPT' AND 'TOLERATE' MY GAY KID? THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
A dad has wrten to an advice lumnist New Zealand to say that he lov his son, but n't accept that he is gay a heartbreakg letter. * can't accept gay son *
Me havg a gay son is an attack on my own masculy. People are gog to look at me as ls of a man for havg a gay son. I tried to raise him to be a man, and he turned out gay.
Tl;dr: I am havg a extremely hard time g to grips that my son is gay.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOUR CHILD IS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
As a parent, you probably want what's bt for your child no matter what. But if your child out as gay, lbian, or bisexual, might e as a shock—many parents feel unprepared, upset, or even a ltle nfed. By learng a... * can't accept gay son *
I did not want a gay son. Qutn: TWO months ago my son Gav, 29, announced that he is gay. He me home one weekend to expla to me and my hband that he has been livg wh his partner for three months and has known he was gay sce he was 17.
UPSET: Mary n't e to terms wh the fact that her son is gay / pic posed by molsI was vastated and me as a shock bee Gav has the past brought girliends home to meet . Mary, 57, SheffieldAnswer:DEBORAH SAYS:How do you e to terms wh the news your son is gay?
HBAND DON’T ACCEPT OUR GAY SON - HOW N I CHANGE HIS MD?
* can't accept gay son *
You have to let them parents fd hard to accept their child is gay. Perhaps is ls difficult than once was bee there is ls secrecy and ls opprobrium surroundg homosexualy but is still hard bee upsets all your expectatns about your mt have been very difficult for Gav to e home and tell you this.
Of urse you wouldn’ you n’t “e to terms” wh homosexualy you n’t e to terms wh him. In the letter, published by, the man wrote that his son me out as gay three months ago. Real strength om si a person and I see real strength a boy of jt 16 who’s prepared to face his father and state his homosexualy – knowg your possible reactn.
She also said that his son has shown “guts and matury” to e out as gay. Real strength om si a person and I see real strength a boy of jt 16 who’s prepared to face his father and state his homosexualy – knowg your possible reactn. Many of the straight parents I terviewed for When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know exprsed havg felt disappotment learng that their child was LGBT.
MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
Would he be fired at his job if his supervisors found out that he were gay? Would he have to live a gay-iendly neighborhood? Natalie, 63, a mother om Long Island, found out that two of her three children were gay.
" Natalie felt that was a loss to the fay geic pool and kept wonrg if beg gay was a choice. Richard Ogawa of Seattle figured out he was gay llege.
FAI LIKE ME: CHILDREN OF GAY PARENTS TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Richard told me, "Perhaps if every parent toyed wh the possibily that any of their children uld be gay, would change the way they raise their children. Gay children are no different—so ltle of their sexual orientatn has to do wh who they are as a whole. "It is rare to work wh parents of a gay child who have not stggled wh the feelg of loss at some pot the procs of acceptg their child as gay, " my -thor, Jonathan Tobk, M.