Parents, Families, and Friends of
Support Education AdvocacyQuestions and Answers
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?
Will My Child Have a Lonely Life?
Given the right support, gay and lesbian youth can grow up to be as well
adjusted and emotionally fulfilled as anyone. Most have successful careers
and happy family lives.
There are many books about the lives of gay, lesbian and transgendered people. If this
is a concern to you, ask the parents at PFLAG. They will likely give you a perspective
that will dispel all the old stereotypes of the lives that gay men and women were thought
to be doomed to live.
"Uncommon Heros" by Samuel Bernstein and edited by Phillip Sherman is one of many, many books
about the lives of highly successful gay persons who have made a significant difference in
the communities in which they live. There's no reason your child couldn't be just as successful.
