Parents

Coming out the closet — Prior to my explosion from the iron-wrought impenetrable oak closet, which I had remained cast away in for 20 long years, life had been, if I could describe it... "quite fucked up". Born into a family whose heritage and traditions passed generation to generation, encouraged young sons to follow along paths to a future in "fruits and veg and hairy daughters".

Marc-Antony’s coming out story

This entry was posted in Coming Out Stories and tagged Coming out Gay Parents Sexuality on June 4, 2017

The 5 gay stereotypes that I hate most

This entry was posted in General and tagged HIV Parents Sexuality Stereotypes on July 10, 2015

So you have just found that your son (daughter) is gay. Perhaps he was brave enough to come out and tell you, or perhaps you found out by some other means. These are my views on the top 10 questions or thoughts you might have as a parent to a gay child.

Top 10 thoughts of a parent of a gay child

This entry was posted in General and tagged Coming out FAQ Parents on January 4, 2014

This is from one of my readers: I came out to my close friends not so long ago, and although they did not understand it at first, they have been supportive and even set me up on dates.

I have not yet come out to my family

This entry was posted in Guest Posts and tagged Coming out Family Parents on August 24, 2013

All alone at Chirstmas — Christmas is a happy time, but it is also one of the saddest times. Some gay people will be alone because their family have rejected them for being gay. It saddens and sickens me, and I cannot even begin to imagine what that must feel like. How can a family do this to one of their own?

Being rejected by your family for being gay

This entry was posted in General and tagged Coming out Family Parents Society on December 25, 2012

Homophobic march — We are all likely to face homophobia in some form during our lives, and we need to be able to deal with it. There a number of types of homophobia from various sources. Religious, ignorance, internal and family homophobia are some examples discussed. The thing that hurts me the most is that they truly believe that who I am is wrong.

Homophobia: how to deal with homophobia

This entry was posted in General and tagged Homophobia Ignorance Parents Society on July 21, 2012