Straight Parent, Gay Kid
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Many parents have trouble believing that their teens are gay. To them, it’s a phase that their kids are passing through. They can rationalize all they want. “ How could you be? You’re too young to know!” It’s difficult for parents to shift mental sets and assimilate the new data…
Salvation Army’s Latest Move More Than A Mere Drop In The Bucket
In the past few years, I have avoided the Salvation Army bellringers outside of Publix and the Post Office. As cute as their volunteers look with their elf-like caps, colorful aprons, and bells in hand, I averted my eyes as I walked past them because I would not give a dime to their organization that discriminates…
What is Sex? Most Parents & Kids Don’t Know
Seems as if people can’t agree on what constitutes sex. It’s whatever you want it to be. Is the twelve year-old girl who “goes down” on a boy not having sex? After all, Bill Clinton “didn’t have sex with that woman“when he did similar sexual acts. Is a high school girl who has had anal…
World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10.
Rejected LGBT Persons Particularly Vulnerable to Suicide Suicide is a growing public health crisis. There were more than 38,000 suicides in 2010 in the United States, an average of 105 daily, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is one suicide for every twenty-five attempted suicides. Sobering Statistics from Family Acceptance Project…
Denial: Suggestions to Combat It
Denial: Suggestions to Combat It Your son or daughter just told you that he/she is gay. Shocked, you blurted out: It must be a phase you’re going through! You’re too young to know! How could you be? You were just dating Sally! How can you be sure? You’re too feminine/masculine to be gay. Exclamations like…
10 Things Your LGBT Kid Wants To Hear From You
In my blog on 7/28/13, I suggested “10 Things Your Gay Child Does Not Want To Hear From You.” http://www.straightparentgaykid.blogspot.com. Now, I suggest what you may want to tell him/her, based on research, to encourage discussion and an ongoing dialogue. Ten Points to Cover: 1. Thank you for sharing your story with me. It must…
Hypothetical Letter to Kaitlyn Hunt
Dear Kaitlyn, I’ve been riveted to your case for months now. I don’t have a “Free Kaitlyn” T-shirt or decal for my car to prove it, but I was horrified to learn that because, you, as a eighteen year-old, had sex with a minor, 14, now 15, that you could have gone to prison for…