Judge Mathis’ son opened up to PRIDE about his journey to e out as gay.
Contents:
- IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
- RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS
- A GAY COUPLE'S FIGHT FOR THEIR TW SON'S CIZENSHIP INSPIR
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- PARENTG A GAY CHILD
- I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
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Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay. And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him. Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay.
EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier. In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn. Joe Ziegler, a special agent wh the tax agency for 13 years, scribed himself as a "gay Democrat married to a man" and said he cid to e forward spe his personal polics bee he believ "no one should be above the law regardls of your polil affiliatn.
"I equate this to the experience and feelgs I enuntered when g out [as gay], " said Ziegler. One of the breakout stars of Mathis Fay Matters was Judge Mathis’ olst son, Greg Mathis Jr., who would go on to e out as a gay man the seri. G out as gay me up a few tim over the urse of the first, Greg Jr.
RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS
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. * a gay son *
“My parents have known about me beg gay sce I was llege – hman year of llege, actually.
Am I gog to be publicly gay on the show, or is this somethg where we don’t talk about , or I have you on the show as a iend? Did make the cisn to be an out gay man on Mathis Fay Matters and did troduce Cooper as his boyiend. RELATED | Noah Schnapp Confirms: Stranger Thgs’ Will Byers Is Gay.
“You a’t gay, is you? Meanwhile, plenty of Twter ers fend the rapper’s homophobia. No rponsible human beg wants their child to be a homosexual Blue face did nothg wrong— GroovePapi? (@groovepapi) July 7, 2023.
A GAY COUPLE'S FIGHT FOR THEIR TW SON'S CIZENSHIP INSPIR
What wrong wh not wantg your kid to be gay? I was ptivated by this se, which bed timely them of gay marriage, egg donatn, surrogacy, twship, and fay. The rult is a book, Gay Fathers, Tw Sons: The Cizenship Case That Captured the World, to be released on Augt 8.
Gay Fathers, Tw Sons: The Cizenship Case That Captured the World.
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.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
Issu for parents of gay kids as intified by Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), clu:1.
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. Health – addrsg the health ncerns of gay kids as they e to adulthood.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
Relatnship regnn – workg to achieve equal rights and regnn for gay relatnships as for heterosexual relatnships.
PARENTG A GAY CHILD
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. Parentg a Gay Child – Signs of a Gay Child.
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.
I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS 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.