When Your Child Is Gay | Psychology Today

Contents:

• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
• WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY
• VERO MOM -THORS BOOK: 'WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY'
• PARENTG A GAY CHILD
• WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - SOFTVER
• TYLER CHILRS RELEAS BTERSWEET MIC VIO FEATURG GAY LOVE STORY, STARRG COLTON HAYN

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

Perhaps your teenage son told you that he is gay.

We disvered a support group for parents, fai and iends of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people (PFLAG), and we started gog. *This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Qutn & Answer Gui to Everyday Life by Danielle Owens-Reid and Krist Rso. The book is filled wh real-life exampl om gay kids and their parents.

*God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships by Matthew V.

WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY

For any parent, disverg that your child is gay n brg so many different feelgs to the surface. Author Matthew V, a gay Christian himself, took a leave of absence om his studi at Harvard back 2010 to rearch the Bible and same-sex relatnships. Killermann is straight but is often assumed gay bee of his admtedly feme tennci genr exprsn.

It also illtrat the range of feelgs that their parents experience as they e to unrstand their gay sons better. But for s, she also rried the secret that she was gay.

Kev Jenngs grew up poor, gay, and the closet. Kev won a scholarship to Harvard, beme a teacher, and time, learned how to live as a proud, openly gay man. Fdg his passn as an activist, Kev helped form the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) to foster a safer environment for LGBT stunts schools.

VERO MOM -THORS BOOK: 'WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY'

He shar an assortment of ndid, funny, and heartbreakg moments as he grappl wh, and fally embrac, both his fah and sexual inty as a gay man. When parents learn that their child is gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr, they n experience a range of emotns. 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. 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).

PARENTG A GAY CHILD

Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lbians, and Gays Talk About Their Experienc. Somethg to Tell You: The Road Fai Travel when a Child is Gay.

WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - SOFTVER

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.

“An credibly pellg and helpful read for parents—or anyone out there—who would like to learn more about the dual procs of raisg a gay or lbian child and growg up as gay or lbian.

TYLER CHILRS RELEAS BTERSWEET MIC VIO FEATURG GAY LOVE STORY, STARRG COLTON HAYN

Davidson, a popular blogger on gay rights issu, and Dr.