Dad, You're Gay? I Am, Too : NPR

Contents:

• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO
• HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY
• HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
• HOW GAY ARE YOU?
• HOW TO BE A GAY DADDY 101 – PART 1: KNOW YOURSELF, WHAT YOU SEEK AND WHO’S LOOKG FOR YOU
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
• MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

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.

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.

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

Gay men may experience more discrimatn than lbians, pecially if they are parents.

DAD, YOU'RE GAY? I AM, TOO

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).

HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE GAY

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. (2018) Adult children of gay fathers.

Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166. 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. " I took a ep breath and then said, "I thk I'm gay too. You might be feelg nervo, sad, or even aaid to tell your parents that you are gay.

HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY

Have your parents exprsed negative views about gay people the past? Be sure to be selective about the environment which you tell your parents that you’re gay. Avoid beg alone wh them when you tell them if they are homophobic or vlent.

I’m gay.

HOW GAY ARE YOU?

Your parents will likely have an entire range of qutns to ask you, pecially if they did not spect that you were gay before now. Some might experience nial, but you should reaffirm to them that you are gay, and tell them ’s not their flt and you don’t need unselg, if they suggt that. Your parents may not know many, if any, gay people and may be stgglg wh this news.

Collect some pamphlets or articl for parents of gay children and give them to them to look over.

Fd out if there is an anizatn or lol group for parents and fai of gay children, like PFLAG, the area. If you grew up a home wh homophobic parents, know that their reactn might not be ial. You may have never heard them even make a homophobic ment.

HOW TO BE A GAY DADDY 101 – PART 1: KNOW YOURSELF, WHAT YOU SEEK AND WHO’S LOOKG FOR YOU

If you thk they will be nfed, you might want to be prepared to talk to them about when you first thought that you might be gay. If you are pletely fancially pennt on your fay and you know that they are homophobic, is likely unwise to e out at this time.

3Evaluate their views on gay people.

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

If you regularly heard your parents make disparagg or problematic ments about gay people when you are growg up, know that you will likely not receive a posive reactn when you e out to them. Article SummaryXTellg your parents that you’re gay n be really difficult, pecially if you’re not sure how they’ll react.

GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON

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. You'll fd out exactly how gay you are once and for all.

Beg a gay Daddy has s perks, but also prents a set of challeng that make perfect for some and undoable for others. So let’s talk about the assumptns, the realti and whether gay Daddydom — or seekg out a gay Daddy — is right for you. There are gay Daddi their 20s rangg up age as far as you n image.

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

Are you gay, Dad?!

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

In this example, you happened to see him naked a settg that n be sexually arog for a lot of gay man. Jt as you didn’t choose to be gay and have the feelgs you have. But I knew he was gay by the time I was 7 or 8.

So this is my story of growg up wh a gay father.

Growg up wh a gay father, particularly one who was aaid to e out, prented challeng our abily to get emotnally close. I don’t rell a time when I didn’t know my Dad was gay. From my earlit memori of my Dad around age 5, I thk I always knew my dad was gay.