It will take time to realise and it will be painful (I am not close with my family) but you need to be happy and take care of number 1! If your...
He knows that he has your support - this is important! As someone who doesn't have their parents support - trust me on this! Keep the...
From my experience - as a gay man, not as a parent - your response is a healthy and normal one. You don't care that he is gay, but you do care...
I've pretty much always known I was gay (well from 6 anyway) and my parents have pretty much always known. This may have been why they have...
I was raised in the catholic church and can say it's not going to be islam, Catholicism, Hinduism etc. You could try Buddhism - if I had to...
It could have gone much worse. My father said he was okay with it, but through his actions I have no relationship with him. At least he gave you...
++++++++++! As someone who has only now (31) accepted themselves in the face of a less than supportive family, I've learned that I am not the one...
I was always much closer with my mother - for this very reason. He hasn't said it, but when I was growing up he treated me differently (harsher...
Being out is easier and more difficult, but it is worth it (for me anyway). The disparaging remarks, the innuendo etc. all stop (if they make a...
They good news is they are at least accepting of who you may be. (as you said you are only 11, still I knew by 10!). Come out when your ready!
As a fellow gay person with less than accepting parents, sometimes it's easier to go along with it until you can become independent. My parents...
The only thing you can do is to become independent and not look back.
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That's awful hellboundangel, but like you, unsupportive parents can be an asset later in life. My parents were less than supportive and in the...
It's fantastic to see a good parent. I wish my parents were as accepting - different generations I guess. It's easier being out of the closet -...
Talk to him about his partner, ask what his partner likes/doesn't like and talk to him about what they do together (non sexual). Say that you...
I worked out an early age that the only one who can make you happy/be supportive is yourself. I came out at 18 and had to move out as my family...
Your son is lucky to have you in his life. Some parents are less supportive/don't care so you are doing something right. Keep fighting for your son!
I am gay myself and also have a friend that just went through this. In the end she got divorced and they went their separate ways. Do what's...
He will have known for a long time that he is gay - I knew at 12 but didn't come out until 18. Unlike your son, my family were less than...
