'Return the key': the parents who reject their gay children | Society | The Guardian

Contents:

• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
• MY GAY SON WALKED OUT AFTER I UGHT HIM WH BOYIEND THE SHOWER
• MY GAY SON WANTS HIS BOYIEND TO STAY OVER
• DAD ACCINTALLY DISVERS HIS TEENAGE SON IS GAY, CONSULTS REDD ON HOW TO RPOND
• 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN
• MOM, I’M GAY. CAN MY FRIENDS SLEEP OVER?

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY

First, my wife will be unhappy to learn our son is gay.

MY GAY SON WALKED OUT AFTER I UGHT HIM WH BOYIEND THE SHOWER

For help alg wh all this, ntact PFLAG, which giv valuable support to parents wh gay children. There's a new Android app out (here's the English versn) lled "Is My Son Gay?

MY GAY SON WANTS HIS BOYIEND TO STAY OVER

") that will tell you if, fact, your son is a gay person. So below I've provid a better list of ways to tell if your son is a gay person who is you e home om work and you hear nois upstairs and you go up to vtigate and your son's door is open and you tch him "hookg up" (as kids ll today) wh his iend Michael, and you quickly turn around and walk back downstairs and later that night over dner you say "You know, honey, if there's ever anythg you need to tell me...

DAD ACCINTALLY DISVERS HIS TEENAGE SON IS GAY, CONSULTS REDD ON HOW TO RPOND

" and he says "Mom, I'm gay, " then your son is your son has recently gone to llege and hasn't been touch much and you figure hey he's new to llege, he's by makg iends and whatnot, and then late one night he lls you on the phone soundg upset about somethg and you ask him what's wrong and he's quiet for a while and then says "Nothg's wrong, really, I'm jt...

Dad, I'm gay, " then your son is your son ever been on a long drive to one of your dghter's swim meets wh you and when stopped at a red light he's turned to you and said "Mom, I feel like I owe to you and dad to tell you that, well, Donald is my boyiend. I'm gay"? Then your son is probably gay.

Chanc are that if you are on your athbed and your tranged son to vis you the middle of a ray night and he ss by your bed quietly until he begs to cry and clutch your hand and says "I wish I'd told you sooner that I'm gay" and then you both stay there silence, you pretendg to be asleep, the only noise the beepg of the mach that will only keep you alive for a ltle while longer, your son is you and your spoe are ever visg your son the big cy he now liv wh all his fancy iends and fancy rtrants and you're out to an awkward lunch before your tra home and you three get to another potls fight about years-old stuff and 's really unfortable and fally you or your spoe says "Well, if you'd jt settle down wh the right girl, I thk-" and then your son terpts you by yellg "Guys, I'm GAY.

'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN

Gay gay gay, gay as gay gets. I'm gay. I'm not gay, but my boyiend is!

" and then you lgh and ms his hair and the livg room your hband shows your son's boyiend his mol ships, then your son is probably gay, though he might be bisexual, so be reful about your son ever says "Oh my goodns, " when surprised or when openg a gift, well then yeah, he probably gay. He's accg me of beg homophobic after I told him off for breakg the one le I hadDear Coleen, My life is a b of a ms at the moment, to say the least. When he was 15, he told me he was gay and, although taken aback, I accepted 100%.

MOM, I’M GAY. CAN MY FRIENDS SLEEP OVER?

He’s accg me of beg homophobic, even though all I did was tell him off for breakg my one and only le. He’s accg you of beg homophobic – which you’re not – bee ’s easier than acceptg that he was wrong.

Remd him that you love him and have no problem wh him beg gay, but he crossed a le. How the language surroundg gay relatnships is changg wh social morLucy Nicholson / RtersIf gaydar is the abily to tu someone’s sexual orientatn merely by lookg at them, what’s the flip si?