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Four years ago Amanda* met Julie at a club in San Francisco. It was love at first sight, though they were both cautious and went through a formal “Let’s see […]
Tag Archives: coming out process
‘Revolutionary’: A 250-year-old story of gender rebellion
In September 2015, Alex Myers came to the Southwest Harbor Public Library in Maine to talk about his first novel, Revolutionary (Simon & Schuster, 2014). If the advance publicity for […]
Mothers Can Be Their Gay Children’s Best Allies
On Sunday, June 28, New York City will celebrate Gay Pride with a parade that honors the 1969 Stonewall riots during which a group of members of the LGBT community, including some very flamboyant […]
“Coming Out” About Having a Gay Child
I trust that I was never a homophobe. My parents had gay friends. Two highly respected members of my family were gay and my mother took great pain to tell […]
Rabbi Brian Besser: The Long Road to Happiness
Religion was always important to Brian Besser. He took his bar mitzvah very seriously, and for many years thereafter joyfully attended a special high school program held every Sunday morning […]
Debrah: Staying Close to a Trans Child
Gay, lesbian, bi, trans or queer? Trans can be either male to female (MTF) or female to male (FTM). Queer is an umbrella term for those who reject traditional gender […]
Rev. Victor C. Stanley: Reflections on Not Acknowledging the Obvious
“God did not make me [or anyone else] gay; nature did. There is nothing supernatural about being or not being gay. Being gay is like the color of your skin […]
PFLAG’S Safe Schools Program
We all want to be like everyone else, but actually each one of us is unique. There was a time, not so long ago, when red-haired children were mocked. Today […]
I am deeply religious. How do I reconcile my faith with my child being gay?
Rona never knew that Jamie, the favorite of her four sons, was gay. When he came out she was crushed. Within six months Jamie died of HIV/AIDS. Being gay was […]
My Child is Gay. I Am Upset. I Need to Talk About My Feelings. Any Suggestions?
Many parents are upset when they realize that one of their children is gay. Carol W. Berman, MD, a New York University Medical Center psychiatrist, believes that a parent’s discomfort […]
The Gay World as Navigated by a Straight Mom 