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:
- HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
- ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
- MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
- HOW N I TELL MY PARENTS THAT I'M GAY?
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE 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... * how do you tell your parents your gay *
You might be feelg nervo, sad, or even aaid to tell your parents that you are gay.
Have your parents exprsed negative views about gay people the past?
ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
* how do you tell your parents your gay *
Be sure to be selective about the environment which you tell your parents that you’re gay.
MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
Avoid beg alone wh them when you tell them if they are homophobic or vlent. I’m gay. Your parents will likely have an entire range of qutns to ask you, pecially if they did not spect that you were gay before now.
Some might experience nial, but you should reaffirm to them that you are gay, and tell them ’s not their flt and you don’t need unselg, if they suggt that. Your parents may not know many, if any, gay people and may be stgglg wh this news. Collect some pamphlets or articl for parents of gay children and give them to them to look over.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
Fd out if there is an anizatn or lol group for parents and fai of gay children, like PFLAG, the area. If you grew up a home wh homophobic parents, know that their reactn might not be ial.
HOW TO COME OUT TO STRICT RELIG PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE GAY
You may have never heard them even make a homophobic ment.
If you thk they will be nfed, you might want to be prepared to talk to them about when you first thought that you might be gay. If you are pletely fancially pennt on your fay and you know that they are homophobic, is likely unwise to e out at this time. 3Evaluate their views on gay people.
If you regularly heard your parents make disparagg or problematic ments about gay people when you are growg up, know that you will likely not receive a posive reactn when you e out to them. Article SummaryXTellg your parents that you’re gay n be really difficult, pecially if you’re not sure how they’ll react. Sunday, October 11 is Natnal Comg Out Day, an annual holiday to support lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBTQ) people choosg to e “out of the closet” and live their life as their te selv.
HOW N I TELL MY PARENTS THAT I'M GAY?
“Help, I’m sred to tell my mom I’m gay! How n I expla homosexualy to my parents? I say this bee I have wnsed, first hand, Countls parents disowng or kickg their children out of their home for beg gay.
In orr to expla homosexualy to your parents, please follow the followg steps. I haven't explaed yet (even if I intify myself as bisexual) bee 's one of he harst thg to do when your parents are homofobics. Homosexuals are jt like any one else.
As far as ways to expla , maybe mentn that homosexuals dont choose who they're attracted to any more than heterosexuals do.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Jt tell them that you are a homosexual and that is the realy of who you are. You are still a human beg even if your sexual orientatn is towards uld expla homosexualy to your parents by tellg them that homosexualy is not that much different om a normal relatnship. I have stggled to expla homosexualy to many people I re about.
For me, people began to unrstand when I started talkg more about how I feel than why I felt that way and how I beme homosexual. Your experience of beg homosexual is what matters.