In this week’s What Your Therapist Really Thks lumn, an 18-year-old wants to know what to do about his parents, who haven’t accepted that he is gay.
Contents:
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- “I JT FOUND OUT THAT MY SON IS GAY”
- ‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
- HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
* my parents found out im gay *
My parents found out that I am gay. When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns.
“I JT FOUND OUT THAT MY SON IS GAY”
Comg out to your parents n be a very difficult nversatn. You might be feelg nervo, sad, or even aaid to tell your parents that you are gay. You n have this talk if you prepare for properly and then iate a uful... * my parents found out im gay *
As a matter of fact, you might someday look back and fd that you are grateful for the experience of havg a gay or lbian child.
Well, my study of 65 fai of gay and lbian youth for the book, Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child, I found that some parents get to the pot where they believe that the experience of havg a gay child actually ma them a better person—more open-md and sensive to the needs of others, particularly those other mory groups. If you jt found out your child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, you may be thkg that such ias are prepostero.
‘MY PARENTS STILL WON’T ACCEPT THAT I’M GAY!’
The tstworthy nfidants let them vent but also rrected some of the misperceptns they absorbed om society, such as that gay people are lonely, unhappy, promiscuo, not fay-oriented, unable to have children, or sted for an unhappy life. Contact Parents, Fay, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG). List of Helpful Books for Parents of Gay and Lbian Children.
Straight Parents Gay Children: Keepg Fai Together (revised edn). Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lbians, and Gays Talk About Their Experienc.
Somethg to Tell You: The Road Fai Travel when a Child is Gay.
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child. Fortunate Fai: Catholic fai wh lbian dghters and gay sons. Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Fai Negotiate Comg Out.
She mentned somethg about me beg gay.
After the movie end my parents pulled me asi and talked to me for like an hour about how “ur nOt reaLlY gAy yOuRe jUst nfUSeD” like,,,,, tell that to my search history. After about an hour of me explag that i actually like boys they blamed on the tv sayg “the tv ma him gay”.