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Contents:
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
- COMG OUT AS GAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR KID IS GAY
- OUR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HE WAS GAY
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
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.
YOUR CHILD JT TOLD YOU HE'S GAY. NOW WHAT?
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).
COMG OUT AS GAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lbians, and Gays Talk About Their Experienc. 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. Fortunate Fai: Catholic fai wh lbian dghters and gay sons.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR KID IS GAY
Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Fai Negotiate Comg Out.
For straight parents, havg a child reveal that he is gay n be a jolt. You might ask how long he or she has known, and why he feels he is gay, bi, or trans, suggts Jonathan Tobk, M.
OUR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HE WAS GAY
D., a psychiatrist private practice New York Cy and the -thor of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know. You n fd one through the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists.