After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year.
Contents:
- WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- THE CHILDREN OF GAY PARENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELV
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- MARCIA GAY HARN SAYS ALL THREE OF HER ADULT KIDS INTIFY AS QUEER
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
WHEN DO GAY KIDS START “ACTG GAY”?
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * children gay *
Has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay.
A Mnota school district is facg a Department of Jtice vtigatn and a private lawsu over s alleged failure to bat antigay bullyg. A hefty pile of rearch shows that boys as young as 3 years old who break om tradnal genr rol have a high likelihood of beg gay adults.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
A Mnota school district is facg a Department of Jtice vtigatn and a private lawsu over s alleged failure to bat antigay bullyg.... * children gay *
) The relatnship isn’t one-to-one, however, and ’s certaly not the se that all boys who love Barbie dolls will later intify as gay.
The rrelatn is much weaker the other directn: A disproportnate number of boys who don’t nform to genr stereotyp turn out to be gay men, but lots of gay men played wh G.
THE CHILDREN OF GAY PARENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELV
Parents of gay children may go through an adjtment perd when they fd out their child is gay, but there is support for parents of gay children. * children gay *
Thirty of them beme gay or bisexual adults while jt one child om a 34-member genr-nformg ntrol group turned out to be gay. The subjects who strayed the most om nventnally boyish behavr were the most likely to be gay. There is no magil age at which children adopt stereotypilly gay behavr and keep to adulthood.
Some mothers tell psychologists that they sensed their ltle boy was gay durg fancy. Some rearchers thk genr nonnformg children e their toys to rehearse for a gay adulthood. Gay 3-year-old boys n’t verbalize their sire to be wh a man when they grow up—although many such children exhib cshlike behavr toward adult men—but they may be tryg to learn the behavr that will later attract a male partner.
Parents of gay children may be shocked when their kids e out of the closet, but once the dt settl, most parents realize that their child is the same one they have loved and red for all their liv, they jt happen to be gay. And while parental acceptance is one hurdle for a gay child, there are many other issu facg gay kids and their parents. Issu for parents of gay kids as intified by Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), clu:1.
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
Jot statement om advocy groups lls study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents;" thor fends his study * children gay *
Fay acceptance – n the rt of the fay accept the gay child as the parents of the gay child has.
Hate crim preventn – workg to prevent gay bashg and other forms of hate crim agast gay kids. Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
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Safe schools – parents of gay children ensurg a safe learng environment. Workplace fairns – supportg the gay child and any issu they face when enterg the workforce.
Sometim, long before a child out as gay, a parent spects that a child might be gay. It may be that the child bucks tradnal genr stereotyp or they may not show attentn to the oppose sex; but are the signs of a gay child? Acrdg to some rearch, genr atypil behavr may, fact, be an ditor that the child may grow up to be gay.
So, for example, boys that play wh dolls and have primarily girliends or girls who are tomboys and prefer to play wh guns may have an creased likelihood of growg up to be gay. Another sign your child might be gay is if he is a male that choos more solary sports such as cyclg or swimmg. There also appears to be a relatnship where the more a child shows genr-nonnformg characteristics, the greater the chance that they may grow up to be gay.
ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * children gay *
It's important to thk about why a parent r about havg a gay child though.
While knowg your child is gay may help you ease the transn to adulthood, 's cril to remember that a gay child is jt a child like any other and a parent of gay child is jt a parent, like any other. Parents of gay kids mt e to accept and love their children for who they are and not bee of their sexualy.
There is no doubt though, parents of gay children often go through an adjtment perd. Organizatns, though, are available to help support parents of gay kids. The most well-known anizatn is Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
6 reasons why “don’t say gay” bills are wrong. * children gay *
PFLAG was started 1972 wh the act of a mother publicly supportg her gay son. Parents of gay kids n fd 200, 000 PFLAG supporters 350 chapters across the Uned Stat.
PFLAG supports loved on of homosexuals by providg helpl, support group meetgs, tn and rourc.
PFLAG also advot for the rights of homosexuals on a lol, state and natnal level. ” Eventually she nnected wh COLAGE (Children of Lbians and Gays Everywhere) and found a muny of people who shared a siar childhood: the jugglg of silence and isolatn, the fendg of parents on the playground. The children of gay parents aren’t “hypothetil”: They’re real and they’re ok.
MARCIA GAY HARN SAYS ALL THREE OF HER ADULT KIDS INTIFY AS QUEER
Actrs Marcia Gay Harn's advocy for LGTBQ muny is motivated, she says, by they love she has her three of adult kids who all intify as queer. * children gay *
Allison, raised Connecticut and Vermont by her mom and her mom's partner: “As soon as I found out [my new school] had a gay-straight alliance I jt— was amazg, to know that there are other kids my age—to realize that they were supportive of LGBT people. I wasn't the only one who knew gay people and wasn't this dark secret that I had to hi.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
If you look at the vast majory of thgs that fe who my moms are, or who my fay is, 's really no more accurate to say that my moms are gay married, than to say they are Packers-fan married, or work--healthre married. Mark, raised Pennsylvania by his mom and his dad, who me out when he was llege: “My dad is gay.