Is my son gay

Here's a story to illustrate what you should definitely not do. We watched as they delivered a rendition of what I remember as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," because either they or my memory are unforgivably basic. Many thanks.

I would love to be able to be more supportive of him, but I certainly am not going to confront him. At this time in my life, I was 99 percent certain I was gay, though nowhere near ready to spring it on my parents. I stopped there, just to see what would happen.

I'm here to help you minimize the damage you will necessarily inflict on the world just by being alive. Years ago, when I was not much older than your son, I was at home on a Sunday night flipping through the TV channels with my mother. I think my child may be LGBTQ: 6 things you can do before they come out Ways to support your kid even before you have the conversation.

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And here it was: the most passive, least courageous way I could drag the topic into the family room, kicking and singing. Updated Oct. 11,AM PDT / Source: TODAY Alexander. I'm not a parent, but I know these are all difficult and necessary things. But it was gorgeous.

You are actively improving your son's quality of life just by thinking about them. I can't imagine how much harder or more complicated it must be for him. Making your way through this cruel, confounding, ever-changing world is difficult.

I paused on our local PBS affiliate, where a huge choir was singing, and after a few seconds I realized it was the Gay Men's Chorus of some city or another doing a fundraising concert. We had no gay people in our lives back then, no way to gauge my family's level of tolerance.

Since your column a couple of weeks ago was advice for coming out to your family, my related question is: What advice do you have for the family of someone who hasn't yet come out? I have a year-old son, and I am fairly sure he is gay. Sometimes, you might just have a feeling that a family member of yours is LGBT.

Then they finished, and my mom turned to me and said, "I really pity them. Mark, you are one hell of a father, so first and foremost: thank you. Well done. What's hardest for me as his dad is that I know that this time of life can be confusing and frustrating to any kid, and I only know the experience of a straight guy.

He is not out, although I don't know if he might be to any close friends. A disturbing number of parents ask the search engine if their sons are gay. You're attuned to your kid's developing identity, you're not trying to change him, and you're considering how your words and behavior will affect him down the road.

Whatever the reason, there isn't a surefire way to figure out if a family member is LGBT; however, there are ways to find evidence that your family member is a.

I got chills. Something make you anxious this week, or any week? Stirring and brave and subversive, coming as it did in a time before marriage equality was on the map, a time when you only saw gay people on the news. Lay it on me at askdaveholmes gmail.

The answers aren't satisfying and more can be gleaned from the question.