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For Those Whose Loved Ones Just Came Out

Click on the questions, and see the answers below:
What is happening to me?... Why tell me? Is it my fault? Who recruited my child? What about the law? Should we tell? Is there objective information? Is it a sin? Is it unnatural? Am I in denial? How does my child feel? Is there a cure? Why doesn't my child "act gay"? Will my child have a lonely life? No more grandchildren? Who can I talk to? What about AIDS? Any books I can read?

References and Notes

Information throughout these Q's & A's pages was adapted from:

Switzer, David K. (1996). Coming Out As Parents: You and Your Homosexual Child. Westminster John Knox Press.
Scott Bidstrup's web site (My child is gay! Now what do I do?);
APA Public Interest - July 1998;
What You Need to Know About... web page (Homosexuality and Religion)
The Soulforce web page
A Guide For Families & Friends Of Lesbians & Gays, retrieved from the Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays UK
The Family Acceptance web site
Critpath.org

We owe thanks to the many parents and families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered persons whose first-hand perspectives contributed to the writing of these Questions & Answer pages.