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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
12-YEAR-OLD'S IENDS DIDN'T CELEBRATE AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY. SO A PARK FULL OF STRANGERS DID
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS
LONDON FOR A 15 YEAR OLD GAY TEEN? - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
MY 14 YEAR OLD GAY SON IS SEEING A 17 YEAR OLD
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
THE DIGAL SEX LIV OF YOUNG GAY TEENAGERS
IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

A gay man fondly rells his first homosexual experience ral, wtern Kansas at five years old which end wh unhappy effects. * 15 yo boy gay *

As I relayed When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterlg, 2016), I found out that my son was gay om a note wh our son's name entwed wh another boy's, surround by a heart. I had spected at tim that he was gay.

Had I asked him if he were gay when he was 13, he probably would have fensively said "No!

12-YEAR-OLD'S IENDS DIDN'T CELEBRATE AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY. SO A PARK FULL OF STRANGERS DID

* 15 yo boy gay *

San Berland, the mother of a gay son who ach parents of LGBTQ kids, utn, "It's not a good ia to ask.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

Gay kids are g out earlier — sometim middle school — and many are fdg acceptance. But some parents and teachers wonr if the kids are too young to really know their sexual orientatn. * 15 yo boy gay *

Acrdg to my -thor, psychiatrist Jonathan Tobk, "Gay children feel credibly vulnerable when g out to their parents, and tak time to work up the urage to do this. Mol acceptance by not g gay slurs and never tellg gay jok.

FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS

What to do when your son tells you he's gay. * 15 yo boy gay *

Watch gay-themed shows together such as "The Fosters" and "Will and Grace.

" How do they pict gay people? React kdly to gay people the news or on televisn. In a way, you have an advantage by not knowg; giv you more time to prepare for the day (if ever) when he do reveal he's gay.

LONDON FOR A 15 YEAR OLD GAY TEEN? - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

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.

MY 14 YEAR OLD GAY SON IS SEEING A 17 YEAR OLD

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.

GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

Straight Parents Gay Children: Keepg Fai Together (revised edn). Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lbians, and Gays Talk About Their Experienc.

THE DIGAL SEX LIV OF YOUNG GAY TEENAGERS

Somethg to Tell You: The Road Fai Travel when a Child is Gay. Comg Out, Comg Home: Helpg Fai Adjt to a Gay or Lbian Child.

IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

Fortunate Fai: Catholic fai wh lbian dghters and gay sons.