Archive for April 2017
What Your LGBT Child Wants To Hear From You
You don’t want to be blindsided when your child comes out to you. Nor do you want to yell at your child (“you can’t be!”) or doubt his revelation ( “it’s just a phase!”). The Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State reports that most coming outs do not go well because parents are not…
Read MoreThe Gender Spectrum Defined
Dictionary 101 for Straight Parents Once Upon a Time, we lived in a binary world with Dick, Jane, and Spot. Girl wore dresses, boys wore pants. Girls were given pink lunch trays in the grade school cafeteria. The boys received blue trays. The boys went to “shop” and the girls…
Read MorePrepare for GLSEN’s Day of Silence, April 21
As a parent, you want to ensure your child is safe at school. This is also the goal of GLSEN, Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network, the leading national educational organization focusing on safety for all students. There is a need to raise awareness and fight homophobia in schools because: · In a Harris Interactive Study…
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