My daughter told me she is gay
Inside:Is my teen daughter a lesbian? Maybe or maybe not, but here’s how to handle this sensitive teenage sexuality topic
This post was contributed by Jill Whitney, LMFT
So much about teen sexuality is different from what it was a couple decades ago.
Where once it was awkward, if not dangerous, to be anything other than straight, we now talk openly about a spectrum of orientations and genders. Sexual diversity has broken out of the closet—to the indicate where being LGBTQ is considerate of cool.
So don’t be surprised if your teen or even tween daughter announces at some point that she’s a womxn loving womxn. It’s more common than you might assume these days.
But you may wonder whether your teen daughter is a lesbian for real, or whether it’s just a phase. Maybe she’s just experimenting; maybe she’ll grow out of it. Or maybe not.
How do you know?
Acceptance Needs to Be Unconditional
Unfortunately, there’s no way to relate. Some girls who experiment with same-sex partners end up happily straight. Other young women
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Another key piece of information. My daughter is an athlete and looked up and idolized a girl that graduated last year and got a full ride to a D1 academy. She came out her Senior year as being a lesbian.. They endure close friends thru social media..
We aren&#;t a super religious family.. my girls go to youth group at the local Church, but it&#;s because the like it and want to, I&#;ve never forced them to go to Church. I don&#;t really have a strong feeling one way or the other on the issue concerning friends
What I Didn’t Realize About Having a Gender non-conforming Daughter
I’m a cisgender (Describes people who have a gender persona which is traditionally reflection to “match” their assigned sex. For instance, someone who was assigned male at birth who identifies as a man. Often used in relation to transgender.)heterosexual (Someone who is only or mostly emotionally and sexually attracted to people of a distinct sex or gender than they are themselves.) person married to another cisgender and heterosexual person. I have two daughters: one is queer (In the context of sexuality, a broad term for sexual orientation that can illustrate any number of orientations which are not heterosexual. People who identify as queer may be attracted to both genders or pansexual, gay or lesbian, questioning, asexual or more.) and one is het. My older daughter came out (Short for ‘out of the closet’. When someone’s LGBTQ+ self is known to other people.) when she was in middle school.
This essay is not about her, though.
It’s about me: a parent, “the mom.”
Thinking back to my unattached days, my life was not very bin
5 Powerful Things You Can Do If Your Kid Tells You, "I'm Gay."
You may not have been expecting to hear the words "I'm gay" from your child. Not only did you never envision it, but your religious beliefs and values also do not align with same-sex relationships. So, what do you do now? How do you respond to your child telling you they're gay?
As a parent, you may own had the inclination that your child may be gay. As a outcome, the news may simply confirm your suspicions, and the conversation may be easy. On the contradictory, you may feel irate or shocked. Likewise, you may struggle with the idea and have a natural tendency to cover down the conversation or put it off as merely a phase they're going through. In existence, regardless of how you feel, the way you respond in the first five minutes could position the tone for your child for years to come.
In this article, we'll discuss the critical moments after your child comes to you and says, "I'm gay." With the help of Dr. Devon Mills is a licensed therapist in Atlanta, GA, we'll highlight five po