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

Contents:

• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• WHY I DO NOT CELEBRATE GAY PRI
• BEG A GAY CHRISTIAN N BE HURTFUL AND GELLG. BUT I REFE TO LOSE FAH
• 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN

I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?

I like guys but I don’t want to be gay.

How do I stop beg gay? You don’t need to be certa you are gay before talkg to someone or attendg an LGBTQ+ meetg.

I am a gay male. I have been out nearly 7 years now (age 16, sophomore year of HS). That week I told my iends and fay I was gay.

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

It is very homogeneo/ hetero-normative and beg a tholic stutn is not the easit environment for queer stunts.

As a gay person, I grew up knowg I was different.

How we drs or how we act might intify as gay but might not, and won’t all circumstanc. Gay people thk about when to hold hands or kiss goodbye public. They say to LGBT people, “you matter, and you shouldn’t be mistreated bee you are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

WHY I DO NOT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

But when a bs owner says, “No, we won’t serve you bee you’re gay, ” all that huiatn rurfac. The bakery is argug to the Supreme Court jtic that the Constutn protects their right to refe to serve gay people, to tell people like me, like Dave and Charlie, and untls others that they object to our relatnships and therefore refe to serve . Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight.

Know if you are gay. Consir takg an onle sexualy quiz, like this one, to see if intifyg as gay feels right for you.

BEG A GAY CHRISTIAN N BE HURTFUL AND GELLG. BUT I REFE TO LOSE FAH

There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all. Neher is there anythg wrong wh you for beg gay.

The fact that I am gay is jt another facet of who I am, jt as beg creative, or optimistic, or havg brown ey is. Remember that beg gay do not require you to nform to typil gay stereotyp. Most people who are gay are distguishable om those that aren't.

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

Beg gay do not necsarily make you any ls mascule or feme, and there is no need or prsure to nform to stereotyp that don't feel right to you - bee you are who you are. You do not need to f to the gay muny jt as much as you don't need to f to the straight muny. In 100 years, "gay" will be an entirely different ncept.

There is no evince that "helpg gay people to bee heterosexual" is possible. Homosexualy is not viewed as an illns and short, won't be treated as such.

There are many, many gay people all sorts of muni, and there are many people there for you when you need support. Fd a group or a hangout where you feel fortable, and where there will be other gay people to talk wh.