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Contents:
- WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY
- PARENTG A GAY CHILD
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
- 5 THGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT RAISG A GAY CHILD
- EARLY SIGNS TO TELL YOUR CHILD IS GAY
WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GAY
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. * gay as a child *
But providg support isn't always easy — pecially if you are the parent of a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or qutng (LGBTQ) child.
Advote for a gay-straight alliance (GSA), which has been shown to make schools safer and boost amic performance among LGBTQ stunts.
PARENTG A GAY CHILD
What do I wish I had known about raisg a gay child? It’s a pretty short list and, had I known, I may have stunted my own growth. Bee raisg a gay child has not been much different than raisg a child who is not gay. After all, she’s a child. Well, not any more. But, Pearl once was, and I would like to thk our fay navigated her g out such a manner that she is now a flouris * gay as a child *
Team up wh a pediatrician, a unselor at school, close fay members and even muny anizatns — for example, Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) — if you’re havg trouble gog alone. Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbian and Gays (PFLAG). They immediately clocked as gay, while we immediately clocked them as we warmed up to another, one mom anxly said: "I have a qutn: I am pretty sure my son is gay, but I don't know what to do.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
"For example, if someone the word "gay" place of "stupid, " remd them that the two are not terchangeable, and suggt they should say what they actually mean stead.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
"The rourc n help:PFLAG: The untry’s largt anizatn ung parents, fai, and alli wh people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and Spectm: Offers groups, trag, and rourc promotg genr sensivy and cln for all youthGLBT Natnal Rource Database: LGBTQ+ digal directory of rourcNatnal Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network: Directory of therapists/unselors who are people of lorNatnal LGBTQ Task Force: The progrsive advocy arm of the LGBTQ+ movementDurg LGBTQ Pri Month, TODAY is sharg the muny’s history, pa, joy and what’s next for the movement.
5 THGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT RAISG A GAY CHILD
I grew up outsi of New York Cy, the meltg pot, attend llege and worked New York, yet when I found out my son, Jam, age 13, was gay, I reverted to "not my backyard. Although he didn't particularly like ntact sports, he didn't exhib the gay stereotypil image: lisp, rabow lors. How would he know he's gay, if he never had sex wh a girl?
Acrdg to -thor of When Your Child Is Gay, Jonathan L. D., nial is the most mon ial reactn of parents to the joltg news that their child is gay. When I terviewed straight parents for When Your Child Is Gay, they ed words such as fear, shock, helplsns, strs, and extreme sadns to scribe their experienc wh nial.
Why do parents who are normally acceptg of their children go to the nial zone upon learng that their child is gay, bisexual, even transgenr? Beg gay was not part of that plan and this fact was hard to rencile.
EARLY SIGNS TO TELL YOUR CHILD IS GAY
Tobk, who is private practice Manhattan, do not expect their child to be gay.