As part of LGBT Pri month, Tell Me More is sharg says by those who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr on how they told others about their sexual orientatn. Today, web producer Christopher Harry scrib g out to his father after learng that his father was also gay.
Contents:
- DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
- IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
* my father is gay and so am i *
Dad, You're Gay?
Guts and iends of the program who are eher lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr are sharg their stori of g out to those clost to them: fay, iends, and even -workers. He wanted me to know he was gay before I read the papers.
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
" I took a ep breath and then said, "I thk I'm gay too. Are you a dghter whose dad is gay? Or are you a gay dad?
gay: 1. Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together.
HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
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? 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). 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.
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
(2018) Adult children of gay fathers. Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166.
My brother picked up the word for "gay" – a word my dad repeated several tim durg that that pot, my parents had told they had problems their marriage, but a few months later, when I was around ne years old, we still went on our annual fay summer holiday to France. Until, out of nowhere, my brother sudnly asked, "Dad, are you gay?
"There aren't a lot of gay people out there wh a wife and children, " he told me. I once tagged along wh him to his favoure gay bar, where I met all the iends he's ma there over the years. My parents were married for over 20 years before they divorced bee My dad is gay.