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Contents:
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
- HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
- GAY PARENTS AS GOOD AS STRAIGHT ON
- PARENT SPECTS THAT CHILD MIGHT BE GAY
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
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If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay.
If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp. If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others.
If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay.
HOW TO DEAL WH HAVG GAY PARENTS
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Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as. I thk he might be gay. If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay.
How do I tell if a child is gay?
They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual. Are you a dghter whose dad is gay? Or are you a gay dad?
HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
gay: 1. Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together. If you have a gay dad or a lbian mom, after they separate, which of them is most likely to remarry or to remarry and then divorce?
GAY PARENTS AS GOOD AS STRAIGHT ON
Lbian moms are more likely than gay dads to marry their same-sex partner. But gay dads are ls likely to get divorced om their hbands than lbian moms are to get divorced om their wiv. Gay men may experience more discrimatn than lbians, pecially if they are parents.
Our society is still ls acceptg of gay men beg fathers than of lbians beg mothers.
But perhaps the most important rearch fdg is that gay dads and their dghters have closer relatnships when dads tell the tth—and the dads are ls clilly prsed than dads who hi this important rmatn om their children (Tornello, 2018).
PARENT SPECTS THAT CHILD MIGHT BE GAY
Sadly, gay fathers are more aaid than lbian mothers to tell their children the tth, regardls of their age.
So if you as a dghter or as a gay dad are still tiptoeg around the topic, ’s time to give yourselv a gift by gettg this skeleton out of the closet. (2018) Adult children of gay fathers. Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166.
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