This is how I really reacted when my son told me he was gay – SheKnows

Contents:

• HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY
• MOM, I'M GAY
• MOM, I’M GAY - LOVG YOUR LGBTQ CHILD WHOUT SACRIFICG YOUR FAH PAPERBACK – JANUARY 1, 2013
• ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"
• HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
• I KEEP TELLG MY MOM I’M GAY – AND SHE KEEPS FETTG
• AM I GAY?
• HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE GAY, STRAIGHT, OR SOMETHG BETWEEN?
• MOM, I'M GAY - REMENDATNS
• MY MOM KNOWS I'M GAY, BUT SHE KEEPS TELLG ME TO MARRY A MAN AND HAVE KIDS. WHAT N I DO?
• THE FIRST THG MY MOM DID WHEN SHE LEARNED I WAS GAY... AND THE 'MIRACLE' THAT OCCURRED AFTER
• I WAS MARRIED WH 2 KIDS WHEN I REALIZED I’M GAY
• I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T
• THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
• YOUR MOM GAY
• YOU'RE MOM GAY

HOW TO TELL YOUR MOM YOU ARE GAY

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MOM, I'M GAY

"Mom, I'm gay. Article SummaryXTellg your mom that you’re gay n be nerve-wrackg, but wh a plan and a ltle bravery, you n get off your cht. You might want to clu thgs like when you learned you were gay, what ’s been like for you, and what your hop are for the future.

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MOM, I’M GAY - LOVG YOUR LGBTQ CHILD WHOUT SACRIFICG YOUR FAH PAPERBACK – JANUARY 1, 2013

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?

Be sure to be selective about the environment which you tell your parents that you’re gay. Avoid beg alone wh them when you tell them if they are homophobic or vlent.

ASK THE EXPERT: "HELP, I’M SRED TO TELL MY MOM I’M GAY!"

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.

HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

Your parents may not know many, if any, gay people and may be stgglg wh this news.

I KEEP TELLG MY MOM I’M GAY – AND SHE KEEPS FETTG

Collect some pamphlets or articl for parents of gay children and give them to them to look over.

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.

AM I 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.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE GAY, STRAIGHT, OR SOMETHG BETWEEN?

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.

MOM, I'M GAY - REMENDATNS

The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Center. Gay Straight Alliance. If your mother homophobic slurs or reacts wh anger agast LGBT people, you may want to rensir g out to her.

Some people may believe that you n only be gay or straight. She may ask if you’re gay or straight. Other Christians n fd support through the Gay Christian Network.

MY MOM KNOWS I'M GAY, BUT SHE KEEPS TELLG ME TO MARRY A MAN AND HAVE KIDS. WHAT N I DO?

I'm fely bisexual and I know one hundred percent, but both my mum and stepdad believe that you n only be straight or gay. My iend Ben Nakamura has known he was gay sce 7th gra. This was years before gay marriage was legal Washgton state, and Ben replied, “Mom, I’m never gog to get married bee I’m gay.

THE FIRST THG MY MOM DID WHEN SHE LEARNED I WAS GAY... AND THE 'MIRACLE' THAT OCCURRED AFTER

You’re not gay! “And I'm like, ‘Mom, I'm gay. "Mom, I'm gay, " he said.

I WAS MARRIED WH 2 KIDS WHEN I REALIZED I’M GAY

“You’re gay? Every night before gog to bed, his dad would tell his mom, “Junr is gay.

“We didn't know if he would do or not, and we were imagg my mom and my dad, layg there their bed, sayg goodnight and, ‘Junr is gay.

I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T

Havg Pl around is a iendly remr that her son is gay.

THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.

Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc. In a society where most of are expected to be straight, n be difficult to take a step back and ask whether you’re gay, straight, or somethg ’re the only person who n figure out what your orientatn tly is. Havg a sex dream about someone of the same genr as you don’t necsarily make you gay.

And even if there were, who’s to say who qualifi as gay or straight?

YOUR MOM GAY

Every sgle gay person is unique.

You don’t have to fulfill certa “creria” to qualify as gay, straight, bisexual, or anythg is an aspect of your inty, not a job applitn — and you n intify wh whatever term fs you! ” Plenty of people thought they were one thg for the first half of their life, only to fd that wasn’t ’s also possible to thk you’re gay when you’re actually bi, or thk you’re bi when you’re actually gay, for example.

Your orientatn may change, but that don’t make any ls valid over time, nor do mean you’re wrong or are some people gay?

YOU'RE MOM GAY

Homophobia — and other forms of bigotry — are alive and well.

This uld help you segue to the may fd helpful to start wh somethg like:“After thkg about a lot, I’ve realized that I’m gay.